Jason Day fell short in his quest for an Olympic medal in Paris but in the US, young Australian Karl Vilips claimed his first Korn Ferry Tour victory in just his fourth start as a professional at the Utah Championship.
Fleetwood made the point that an Olympic medal wasn’t something he ever had a reason to think of because it wasn’t part of golf. Now, it resides in a fundamentally special place.
In a study of the human tendency of focusing on what might have been as opposed to actually what is, the athletes who finished with a bronze medal looked markedly happier than those who won silver.
These Paris Games are actually the second time France has hosted Olympic golf; the first came in 1900, although nobody in the field seems to have known they were competing for history; not then, and not for the rest of their lives.
It was the 17th time this year Schauffele shot 65 or better, the most recent being the final-round 65 that won him his second major at the Open Championship at Royal Troon.
The result of a soft golf course was a first-round scoring average of 69.82 and a field that was a combined 86-under par. Half the holes played under par for the day, and the field averaged four birdies per round.
Jason Day will tee off Thursday night (AEST) in his debut Olympics motivated to represent the green and gold with a hot performance at Le Golf National.
Australian Golf Digest
