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After another scintillating day at Le National, the “creme” has risen to the top at the Olympic golf competition. The hottest golfer on the planet, reigning gold medalist Xander Schauffele, is atop the leaderboard at -14. Tied with him is Jon Rahm, Masters and U.S. Open champion. One shot back is Tommy Fleetwood, the star of the 2018 Ryder Cup here at Le Golf National. Tied for fourth at -11 is Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama and one of the game’s brightest young talents, Nicolai Hjøgaard, who during Saturday’s third round matched the course record with a 62. One stroke further afield is the heavyweight duo of Rory McIlroy and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

In all, 13 players are within five strokes of the bronze medal, promising plenty of fireworks in front of a crowd that has been at full-throat all week, cheering on their countrymen but also reveling in the feeling that golf has finally been embraced by the Olympics and vice versa. “I think it’s a little more fun than a major,” McIlroy said of the raucous atmosphere. “Sort of like a celebration in a way.”

Now comes the hard part. The final round brings unique pressure with each competitor feeling the weight of their countrymen and the uniqueness of contending in the planet’s biggest athletic spectacle which comes around once every four years. Jason Day has talked often this week about the waves of emotion that come with representing Australia. “It’s definitely reconnected myself with why I play the game and why I love the game so much,” he says. 

With all of this feeling and pressure as the backdrop, here are the most compelling possible outcomes for what has already been a memorable Olympic golf competition.

7. Gold: Tommy Fleetwood—Silver: Hideki Matsuyama—Bronze: Victor Perez

How to watch Sunday's final round of the 2024 Men's Olympic Golf event, including Olympics TV coverage and streaming info for Round 4.

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In today's edition of Play Smart, we look at one of Rory McIlroy's favorite drills and explain how it can help your game.

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Two-time major champ Collin Morikawa is a case study in what it takes to drive it deep and straight: Hold nothing back.

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Golf finally has some Olympic buzz, and it has the star power to match going into the final round of the men's competition. Xander Schauffele and Jon Rahm were tied for the lead Saturday, one shot clear of Tommy Fleetwood.

The Netherlands' Dewi Weber was one of three golfers denied from playing in the Olympics. She's out to prove her country wrong this week.

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The Olympic golf competition has become a shootout. Who can we thank? One golfer from Denmark. And all the other chasers.

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On GOLF's Subpar, Sepp Straka explains to Colt and Drew how he can take his game to the next level and win a major championship.

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If you want to build a solid foundation for shots around the green, you must masters a "vanilla" pitch shot.

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Having trouble getting up-and-down around the greens? Use this move from Top 100 Teacher Kellie Stenzel to revamp your short game.

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Complete 2024 Olympic Golf tee times for Sunday's final round of the men's event, featuring Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm and more.

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With Team USA athletes going for gold in Paris, show off your team spirit with the Red, White and Blue collection on Fairway Jockey.

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Dewi Weber, who was left off the Dutch Olympic team because a committee didn't think she was good enough to contend, shot a 62 on Friday to take the lead in the Portland Classic.

A day after matching her age, 85-year-old JoAnne Carner shot a 9-over 80 on Friday in the second round of the U.S. Senior Women's Open.

The medal chase in men's golf began to take shape Friday as Tommy Fleetwood shared the 36-hole lead with defending Olympic champion Xander Schauffele and Hideki Matsuyama.

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The Olympic golf competition is a little like the velodrome cycling races in which the competitors cruise and feint until a ferocious dash to the finish line. Halfway through the golf at these Games, a rain-softened Le National has offered little resistance as the best players in the world jockey for position. Atop the leaderboard at -11 are three of the sweetest swingers in the game: Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama and Tommy Fleetwood. Jon Rahm is in fourth place, two shots from the podium. Lurking are big-time talents Joaquin Niemann (-6), Scottie Scheffler (-6), Matt Fitzpatrick (-6), Jason Day (-5) and Rory McIlroy (-5), among others.

During Saturday’s third round, the peloton will begin pedaling harder. When it comes to Olympic golf, fourth place has the same meaning as 60th. There are no cash payouts to protect, no FedEx Cup points to hoard. Aggressive play now borders on mandatory.

“As the week goes on, it becomes more of a mental challenge,” says Fleetwood. “Obviously you know that [the top] three places are what is going to decide your week. Usually, you finish top five, top 10, you’ve had a great week, but [here] it don’t mean anything.” 

This rare opportunity to play for your homeland and for a medal offers new layers of pressure but one player on the leaderboard faces a unique stress-fest. Tom Kim, tied for fifth at -8, is playing for his future. The cherubic 22-year-old is representing South Korea where every healthy adult male under 35 must serve a compulsory 21-month stint in the military. Winning a Masters or U.S. Open will not exempt him from service under the Orwellian-sounding Military Manpower Administration. Neither will winning a FedEx Cup or Race to Dubai. The only way Kim—the youngest three-time winner on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods—can play his way out of this career abyss is by winning an Olympic medal. (A gold at the Asian Games, which has traditionally been a competition for amateurs, also counts. In 2023, pros were allowed to play and Kim’s countryman Sungjae Im, then 25, and Si Woo Kim, 28, took advantage of this window by leading Korea to victory in the team competition; there is rumbling that the Asian Games will go back to ams-only in the near future.)

The looming military stint is Kim’s least-favorite topic and he bats away queries with curt platitudes. Following his second-round 68, I asked Kim how he can not think about the larger meaning of an Olympic medal. “Good question,” he said with a tight smile. “I’m just trying to focus on my game. I’m a competitor and we all play for the same thing. It’s just golf. So I’m just trying to put my head down and play.”

Bettinardi’s new Remix limited-edition putter line remixes the components of their stock putter lines.The latest BB1 Remix features a non-stock finish, face milling and alignment scheme.Remix putters are limited in number and available at Bettinardi.com with a MSRP of $500.

In 2023, Bettinardi celebrated their 25th anniversary by releasing a limited-edition putter every month. It was a novel way to celebrate a significant milestone and no doubt took a healthy amount of work to get that limited-edition dozen to market. I figured that it was a “once in a quarter-century” kind of project.

I was mistaken.

During 2024, Bettinardi has continued to roll out limited-edition putters at a nearly once-a-month pace. Though the release fanfare for these new limited-edition putters is far more muted than it was for the anniversary putters, their release pacing is similar.

The new Bettinardi Remix line has, for the most part, flown under the radar this year. Today, it’s time to change that.

What has Bettinardi remixed?

The new Bettinardi Remix putter line takes a different approach to limited-edition than the 25th anniversary line did. Where the 25th anniversary line was all about showcasing putters from Bettinardi’s history, the Remix line consists entirely of their current putter models.

MyGolfSpy Ball Lab is where we quantify the manufacturing quality and consistency of golf balls. Ball lab does not infer durability or guarantee your performance. Today, we’re reviewing the 2024 Snell Prime 3.0.

The 2024 Snell Prime 3.0 and its sibling, the Prime 2.0 and Prime 4.0, are the result of the “phoenix rising from the ashes” after founder Dean Snell scrapped the prior generation, MTB Prime and MTB Prime X. Snell set out to fix the ills of the prior models and, hence, the genesis of the new line-up.

Snell says the Prime 3.0 features a “new core for high ball speed and low driver spin for maximum distance” as well as a new 332-dimple XV3 urethane cover to provide “a soft feel” with “ultimate short game control and durability.” This new package is available in white and yellow.

Like the others in the Prime series, the 3.0 is fitted according to 7-iron playing distance. Snell says it is “designed for a wide range of mid swing speed players with 7-iron distances of 120-170 yards.”

Bringing the new Snell Prime 3.0 to market was more than just a redesign. Prior to the first golf balls ever rolling of the production line, the Launch Technologies factory in Taiwan burned to the ground resulting in Snell having to overcome yet another challenge. The current Prime series is manufactured in China.

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