"Ready to defend my gold"- Xander Schauffele arrives in Paris for golf at the 2024 Olympics
Xander Schauffele has arrived in Paris for golf at the 2024 Olympics, sending a message to his competitors that he is ready to defend his gold medal.
On Sunday, July 28, Schauffele arrived at Le Golf National in Paris for the 2024 Olympics. He is coming off a triumph at the Open Championship last Sunday. This week, he is one of the four male golfers representing the US in Paris.
On Sunday, an account named Olympic Golf shared an introduction video of Xander Schauffele on X (formerly Twitter).
"Just arrived on site at Le Golf National," he said in a video. "Ready to defend my gold medal. Hope to see everyone out there"
Notably, in the last Olympics in Tokyo, Schauffele defeated Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia by one stroke to win the gold medal. This time, he is once again competing for the gold and is arriving with two major championship wins this year.
Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler are the other three players representing the United States at the 2024 Olympics. Schauffele will get a tough challenge from Scheffler, who has won six events this season.
Which male golfers are competing in the 2024 Olympics men's event?
Here are the male golfers who qualified for the 2024 Olympics:
- Argentina: Emiliano Grillo, Alejandro Tosti
- Australia: Jason Day, Min Woo Lee
- Austria: Sepp Straka
- Belgium: Thomas Detry, Adrien Dumont du Chassart
- Canada: Corey Conners, Nick Taylor
- Chile: Cristobal Del Solar, Joaquin Niemann
- China: Zechang Dou, Carl Yuan
- Chinese Taipei: CT Pan, Kevin Yu
- Colombia: Nico Echevarria, Camillo Villages
- Denmark: Nicolai Hojgaard, Thorbjorn Olesen
- Finland: Sami Valimaki
- France: Matthieu Pavon, Victor Perez
- Germany: Stephan Jaeger, Matti Schmid
- Great Britain: Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood
- India: Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubshankar Sharma
- Ireland: Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy
- Italy: Matteo Manassero, Guido Migliozzi
- Japan: Hideki Matsuyama, Keita Nakajima
- Malaysia: Gavin Green
- Mexico: Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz
- Netherlands: Darius van Driel, Joost Luiten
- New Zealand: Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier
- Norway: Viktor Hovland, Kris Ventura
- Paraguay: Fabrizio Zanotti
- Poland: Adrian Meronk
- Puerto Rico: Rafael Campos
- South Africa: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Erik Van Rooyen
- South Korea: Byeong Hun An, Tom Kim
- Spain: Jon Rahm, David Puig
- Sweden: Ludvig Aberg, Alex Noren
- Thailand: Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Phachara Khongwatmai
- United States: Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, and Scottie Scheffler