Is Scottie Scheffler staying at the Olympic village for 2024 Paris Olympics?
Scottie Scheffler is in Paris for the 2024 Olympics, his debut at the event. However, unlike most of the US athletes, he is not staying at the Olympic Village.
Scottie Scheffler is one of the four USA players in action at the 2024 Olympics. Although he is making his debut at the Olympics, he is the favorite to win the gold medal at Le Golf National.
A few days ago, English football legend John Terry posted a photo alongside Scheffler, which revealed that the World No. 1 golfer was staying at the resort in Les Bordes, which is 2 hours away from Paris.
Scheffler is in Paris with his wife Meredith and son Bennett. The trio recently visited the Louvre and the World No. 1 shared a couple of photographs on Instagram.
In addition to Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa are the other three players representing the USA at the Le Golf National. Schauffele is the defending gold medalist at the Olympics.
While Scheffler is the favorite to win after registering six titles this season, Schauffele has also picked up a form with two major championships in the past three starts.
The men's golf event will take place from Thursday, August 1 to Sunday, August 4. The 60 players will compete in the 72-hole strokeplay event. The women's event will be played next week from August 7 to August 10.
Can Scottie Scheffler win the gold at the 2024 Olympics? Odds explored
Scottie Scheffler is the oddsmakers' favorite for the 2024 Olympics. As per FanDuel Sportsbook, he has odds of +340 to win on Sunday. Xander Schauffele is listed at +600 to win back-to-back gold medals at the Olympics.
Here are the odds for the 2024 Olympics (As per FanDuel Sportsbooks):
- Scottie Scheffler (USA): +340
- Xander Schauffele (USA): +600
- Rory McIlroy (IRL): +700
- Jon Rahm (ESP): +900
- Collin Morikawa (USA): +1200
- Ludvig Aberg (SWE): +1200
- Shane Lowry (IRL): +1600
- Tommy Fleetwood (GBR): +2000
- Viktor Hovland (NOR): +2200
- Hideki Matsuyama (JPN): +2200
- Tom Kim (KOR): +2600
- Joaquin Niemann (CHI): +2900
- Corey Conners (CAN): +2900
- Wyndham Clark (USA): +3400
- Alex Noren (SWE): +3500
- Matt Fitzpatrick (GBR): +3900
- Min Woo Lee (AUS): +4000
- Sepp Straka (AUT): +4200
- Thomas Detry (BEL): +4700
- Carlos Ortiz (MEX): +4700
- Adrian Meronk (POL): +5000
- Jason Day (AUS): +5500
- Nicolai Hojgaard (DEN): +6500
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA): +6500
- Matthieu Pavon (FRA): +6500
- Byeong Hun An (KOR): +6500
- Abraham Ancer (MEX): +6500
- Guido Migliozzi (ITA): +8000
- C.T. Pan (TPE): +8000
- Ryan Fox (NZL): +8000
- Matteo Manassero (ITA): +8500
- Victor Perez (FRA): +8500
- Keita Nakajima (JPN): +10000
- Stephan Jaeger (GER): +10000
- David Puig (ESP): +10000
- Sami Valimaki (FIN): +10000
- Mito Pereira (CHI): +10000
- Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN): +10000
- Emiliano Grillo (ARG): +11000
- Erik Van Rooyen (RSA): +12000