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Scottie Scheffler addresses the ‘noise factor’ at Le Golf National, compares Olympics golf crowd’s camera etiquette to Augusta Masters

Scottie Scheffler shot 67 on the first day of the 2024 Paris Olympics' men's golf event. He bagged four birdies in the opening round to land at T6.

In a press conference after his round, Scheffler expressed his thoughts on the "noise factor" on day one.

“I think there was a bit of a noise factor on the course. There was definitely more noise than we're used to in terms of people having their phones on and cameras clicking and stuff like that. I'm not able to communicate to people to not click during the swing,” he said.
“We were standing on No. 2, there were camera clicks going off all over the place, I'm like, oh my gosh. The only other place you do that is at the Masters for the first few days, the cameras during the practice rounds are loud. I reminded myself that I played in so many games at the Masters the first few days, and I did just fine and was able to handle it today.”

While the cameras and phones were bothering him, Scheffler also enjoyed playing in front of a big crowd. He said in the latter part of the interview that the crowd cheering was fun for him. He is paired with Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg at 6:06 a.m. ET for the second round.

Min Woo Lee, Corey Conners and Christiaan Bezuidenhout will start at 5:33 a.m. while Xander Schauffele has the sixth tee-off time at 3:55 a.m. with Viktor Hovland and Jon Rahm.


What are the second-round tee times for Scottie Scheffler and others?

Here's the full list of tee times and pairings for day two of the Olympics' men's golf competition (all times ET):

  • 3 a.m. -- Yechun Yuan, Camilo Villegas, Matteo Manassero
  • 3:11 a.m. -- Adrian Meronk, Sami Valimaki, Davig Puig
  • 3:22 a.m. -- Erik van Rooyen, Keita Nakajima, Kevin Yu
  • 3:33 a.m. -- Stephan Jaeger, Nicolai Hojgaard, Thomas Detry
  • 3:44 a.m. -- Ben An, Shane Lowry, Nick Taylor
  • 3:55 a.m. -- Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm
  • 4:11 a.m. -- Matthieu Pavon, Collin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick
  • 4:22 a.m. -- Shubhankar Sharma, Rafa Campos, Carlos Ortiz
  • 4:33 a.m. -- Nico Echavarria, Mito Pereira, Kristoffer Ventura
  • 4:44 a.m. -- Fabrizio Zanotti, Joel Girrbach, Tapio Pulkkanen
  • 4:55 a.m. -- Victor Perez, Matthias Schmid, C.T. Pan
  • 5:06 a.m. -- Thorbjorn Olesen, Alejandro Tosti, Joaquin Niemann
  • 5:17 a.m. -- Emiliano Grillo, Alex Noren, Ryan Fox
  • 5:33 a.m. -- Min Woo Lee, Corey Conners, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
  • 5:44 a.m. -- Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood
  • 5:55 a.m. -- Sepp Straka, Jason Day, Tom Kim
  • 6:06 a.m. -- Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg
  • 6:17 a.m. -- Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Daniel Hillier, Guido Migliozzi
  • 6:28 a.m. -- Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Gavin Green, Gaganjeet Bhullar
  • 6:39 a.m. -- Phachara Khongwatmai, Abraham Ancer, Zecheng Dou

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