We are in store for a cracking final day at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Take a look at who the medal contenders are here.
Who Are The Favourites To Win Medals At The Olympic Men’s Golf Tournament?
Team USA’s Xander Schauffele will take a one stroke lead into the final round of the Olympics, where 15 players are within six shots of the lead.
Among those players, we have current and former Major champions, as well as PGA and European Tour winners.
Take a look at the leading nations and players below.
USA
Coming into the event, all four players of Team USA were ranked among the favourites. That decision seems to be justified as world number five Xander Schauffele sits top of the leaderboard.
The 27-year-old has produced rounds of 68, 63 and 68 for a 14-under-par tournament total and one shot lead over Hideki Matsuyama.
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Schauffele, who hasn’t won an event since January 2019, has come close to victory on multiple occasions this season, with seven top-10’s, including three runner-up finishes.
Schauffele is looking for his first victory since the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Now leading at the Olympics, it’s a certainty that he will be contending for a medal on Sunday.
Although an American is leading the event, his teammates have struggled, with recent Champion Golfer of the Year, Collin Morikawa, the next best American in T17th.
Currently sitting seven back from the leader, the 24-year-old is three clear of his other two countrymen, Patrick Reed and Justin Thomas, who are both at four-under-par.
Japan
The host nation have put their gold medal hopes on Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, with the 29-year-old delivering to currently sit in the silver medal position.
Coming into the event, Matsuyama said: “If I said there’s no pressure I would be lying, so hopefully I’ll be able to embrace the pressure that’s upon me and just try to put together a nice tournament here.”
After a first round 69 put him six shots off the pace, the Japanese star recovered superbly, shooting a seven-under-par second round, before a third round 67 put him at 13-under for the event.
Despite recovering from Covid only a matter of weeks ago, Matsuyama has played superbly and…
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