How did Team USA golfers perform on Day 3 at Paris Olympics 2024?

The third round of the Paris 2024 Olympic Golf Event was played on Saturday, August 3. Xander Schauffele leads the American contingent for the third consecutive day, once again sharing the lead with Spaniard Jon Rahm.

Schauffele had an eagle, two birdies and a bogey on the so-called "moving day" (3-under) to stay in first place. His 54-hole score is 14 under.

Scottie Scheffler is the second-highest-ranked player among US Olympic golfers. Scheffler carded six birdies and two bogeys in the third round to move to 9-under (T6) for the tournament.

Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa are tied for 23rd place. Clark has improved significantly since the first day with rounds of 75, 68 and 65.

During the moving day, Clark made a double bogey on the second hole, but from there, he was a different player. He carded seven birdies and no bogeys over the next 16 holes to move to 5-under for the tournament.

Morikawa, meanwhile, carded four birdies, a bogey and a double bogey in the third round.

The US Olympic Golf Team will tee off for the final round with Collin Morikawa, who begins at 5:06 AM Eastern Time. Wyndham Clark will tee off 11 minutes later.

Scottie Scheffler will tee off at 6:17 AM and Xander Schauffele will tee off at 6:39 AM in a group with co-leader Jon Rahm and runner-up Tommy Fleetwood.

Paris Olympics 2024 golf leaderboard at a glance

The most spectacular performance of the third round came from Nicolai Hojgaard. The young Dane tied Le Golf National's Albatross course record with a 9-under 62 to climb 28 places to T4.

Hojgaard had one eagle and seven birdies (no bogeys) to equal the course record set by Argentinian Eduardo Romero in 2005.

Another impressive round came from South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout (-7). That performance was enough to move him into the top 15 with 18 holes to play.

Here are the top 20 in Olympic golf:

T1 Jon Rahm -14
T1 Xander Schauffele -14
3 Tommy Fleetwood -13
T4 Nicolai Højgaard -11
T4 Hideki Matsuyama -11
T6 Rory McIlroy -10
T6 Scottie Scheffler -10
T6 Thomas Detry -10
T6 Tom Kim -10
T10 Ludvig Åberg -9
T10 Jason Day -9
T10 Joaquín Niemann -9
T13 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -8
T13 Thorbjørn Olesen -8
T13 Victor Perez -8
T13 Erik van Rooyen -8
T17 Byeong Hun An -7
T17 Corey Conners -7
T17 Alejandro Tosti -7
T17 C.T. Pan -7

The best round for the American team went to Wyndham Clark (-6), who also had the third-best score of the day. Clark (23 places), Bezuidenhout (23 places) and Hojgaard (28 places) were the players who improved the most today.

The opposite happened to Guido Migliozzi, who dropped 21 places after his 3-over in the third round.

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Julio enjoys keeping up with everything that happens in the golf world, which helps him develop interesting angles for even the most mundane stories. What separates him from other journalists is that he has an eye for stats, and is proficient in both Spanish and English. His legal background helps him accurately report non-sporting golf issues such as rules analysis, contract issues, etc.

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Nelly Korda is his favorite golfer due to her pure talent, while he also likes Alison Lee for her perseverance. His non-golf interests include baseball and track & field, while he also enjoys watching TV.

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Edited by Rupin Kale