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Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and 58 other golfers are competing in men's golf competition at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. The event will start on Thursday, August 1, and conclude on Sunday, August 4.
Before the competition, many of the golfers were asked to share their nickname, "Paris goal", and favorite Olympic sport. Scheffler stood out with his answers, much like he has stood out on the tour with six wins so far this year. Scheffler stated his goal in Paris was to "Have Fun."
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While most of the players like McIlroy, Min Woo Lee, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Shane Lowry's "Paris goal" is to win gold, others like Ludvig Aberg, Tommy Fleetwood, and Ryan Fox wrote "medals" as their goal.
Scheffler stated his favorite Olympic sport to be "Basketball", McIlroy wrote "Dressage", Lee and Lowry wrote "Swimming", and Fitzpatrick wrote "100m".
Here are some of the golfers' responses:
Scottie Scheffler
- Nickname: Schaf
- Representing: USA
- Olympic Games: 1st
- Favorite Olympic Sport: Basketball
- Paris Goal: Have Fun
Rory McIlroy
- Nickname: Rors
- Representing: Ireland
- Olympic Games: 2nd
- Favorite Olympic Sport: Dressage
- Paris Goal: Gold
Min Woo Lee
- Nickname: Noogy / The Kooring Chef
- Representing: AUS (Australia)
- Olympic Games: 1st
- Favorite Olympic Sport: Swimming
- Paris Goal: Gold
Matt Fitzpatrick
- Nickname: Matt
- Representing: GB (Great Britain)
- Olympic Games: 1st
- Favorite Olympic Sport: 100m
- Paris Goal: Gold
Shane Lowry
- Nickname: Shaneo
- Representing: Ireland
- Olympic Games: 2nd
- Favorite Olympic Sport: Swimming
- Paris Goal: Gold
This will be the second Olympics for Lowry and McIlroy. Lowry finished tied for 22nd place while Mcllroy finished tied for 4th place at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Scottie Scheffler said that winning a medal would be 'special'
In a pre-tournament press conference before the 2024 Paris Olympics, Scottie Scheffler was asked about the significance of winning a medal at the Olympics. He said:
"It would be very special. It's not very often you get to compete in the Olympics, so to be able to have a medal for the rest of your life would be very special. Definitely, like I said, that's one of the reasons we showed up this week is come, to do our best and compete for a medal."
Scheffler is second in the PGA Tour power rankings for the event. He has the best odds on the field of +350, as per BetMGM Sportsbook.
Rory McIlroy is third in PGA Tour power rankings and has odds of +750. Talking to BBC Sport NI, McIlroy said:
"For me it's well documented I haven't won one of the big four in 10 years so it (a gold medal in Paris) would be one of, if not the biggest, achievements of my career in the last 10 years."
Scheffler (USA) and Mcllroy (GBR) will tee off together at 10:11 am Paris local time on Thursday, August 1, with Ludvig Aberg (SWE). The trio will then tee off at 12:06 pm local time on Friday, August 2.
Shane Lowry will tee off at 11:44 am local time on Thursday with Byeong Hun An (KOR) and Nick Taylor (CAN). Min Woo Lee will tee off at 9:33 am local time with Corey Conners (CAN) and Christian Bezuidenhout (RSA). Matt Fitzpatrick (GBR) will tee off at 12:06 pm local time with Matthieu Pavon (FRA) and Collin Morikawa (USA).
