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Competition Related Information For the Men’s Olympic Golf Competition

by AAGD Staff

TEE TIMES & GROUPINGS

Tee times for the first two rounds of the men’s Olympic golf competition were made available on Tuesday on igfgolf.org. Tee times will run from 09:00 to 12:39 for the first two rounds of the men’s Olympic golf competition. Please note, all times listed below are local for Paris.

Team France’s Victor Perez will hit the opening tee shot of the men’s Olympic golf competition at 09:00 on Thursday, 1 August 2024.

Complete list of tee times for the first and second round of the men’s Olympic golf competition:

09:00 Thursday / 10:55 Friday: Victor Perez (France), Matti Schmid (Germany), C.T. Pan (Chinese Taipei)

09:11 Thursday / 11:06 Friday: Thorbjørn Olesen (Denmark), Alejandro Tosti (Argentina), Joaquin Niemann (Chile)

09:22 Thursday / 11:17 Friday: Emiliano Grillo (Argentina), Alex Noren (Sweden), Ryan Fox (New Zealand)

09:33 Thursday / 11:33 Friday: Min Woo Lee (Australia), Corey Conners (Canada), Christian Bezuidenhout (South Africa)

09:44 Thursday / 11:44 Friday: Wyndham Clark (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain)

09:55 Thursday / 11:55 Friday: Sepp Straka (Austria), Jason Day (Australia), Tom Kim (Korea)

10:11 Thursday / 12:06 Friday: Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Ireland), Ludvig Åberg (Sweden)

10:22 Thursday / 12:17 Friday: Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Belgium), Daniel Hillier (New Zealand), Guido Migliozzi (Italy)

10:33 Thursday / 12:28 Friday: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand), Gavin Green (Malaysia), Gaganjeet Bhullar (India)

10:44 Thursday / 12:39 Friday: Phachara Khongwatmai (Thailand), Abraham Ancer (Mexico), Dou Zecheng (China)

10:55 Thursday / 09:00 Friday: Yuan Yechun (China), Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Matteo Manassero (Italy)

11:06 Thursday / 09:11 Friday: Adrian Meronk (Poland), Sami Valimaki (Finland), David Puig (Spain)

11:17 Thursday / 09:22 Friday: Erik van Rooyen (South Africa), Keita Nakajima (Japan), Kevin Yu (Chinese Taipei)

11:33 Thursday / 09:33 Friday: Stephan Jaeger (Germany), Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark), Thomas Detry (Belgium)

11:44 Thursday / 9:44 Friday: Byeong Hun An (Korea), Shane Lowry (Ireland), Nick Taylor (Canada)

11:55 Thursday / 09:55 Friday: Xander Schauffele (USA), Viktor Hovland (Norway), Jon Rahm (Spain)

12:06 Thursday / 10:11 Friday: Matthieu Pavon (France), Collin Morikawa (USA), Matt Fitzpatrick (Great Britain)

12:17 Thursday / 10:22 Friday: Shubhankar Sharma (India), Rafael Campos (Puerto Rico), Carlos Ortiz (Mexico)

12:28 Thursday / 10:33 Friday: Nico Echavarria (Colombia), Mito Pereira (Chile), Kris Ventura (Norway)

12:39 Thursday / 10:44 Friday: Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay), Joel Girrbach (Switzerland), Tapio Pulkkanen (Finland)

COMPETITION INFORMATION

Name: Men’s Olympic Golf Competition

Venue: Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France

Competition dates: 1-4 August 2024

REFEREES

Tournament Director / Technical Delegate: Billy Schroder (PGA TOUR), Tyler Dennis (PGA TOUR)

Chief Referee: Thomas Pagel (USGA)

International Technical Officials (Referees), sorted by organisation: David Garland (DP World Tour), Mark Litton (DP World Tour), Ben Groutage (DP World Tour), Sebastiano Torrisi (DP World Tour), Alain Rathery (Fédération Française de Golf), Ghislaine Quelavoine (Fédération Française de Golf), Davide Lantos (Ladies European Tour), Annie Giangrosso (LPGA), Kerry Haigh (PGA of America), Mike Raby (PGA of America), Gary Young (PGA TOUR), Stephen Cox (PGA TOUR), Steven Rintoul (PGA TOUR), Robby Ware (PGA TOUR), Shona McRae (The R&A), Grant Moir (The R&A), Conor Finlay (The R&A), Craig Winter (USGA)

Garland and Haigh will oversee course set-up for the men’s Olympic golf competition.

Score recorders: Tommy Tangtiphaiboontana (LPGA) & Steve Ethun (Augusta National)

Official starters: Heather Daly-Donofrio (USGA) & Philippe Sabarros (France)

LOCAL RULES

Unusual local rules for the men’s Olympic golf competition: There is a “no play zone” on holes No. 5 and No. 13 due to environmentally sensitive areas. The red penalty area defined by the red line (and identified by red stakes with black tops) to the left of the fairway on No. 13 and at the rear of the No. 5 green 5 are defined as “no play zones.”

COMPETITION-RELATED INFORMATION FOR LE GOLF NATIONAL

Opened: October 1990

Course designers: Hubert Chesneau with Robert von Hagge as a consultant

Course record & holder: 9-under 62 (Eduardo Romero/2005), Martin Kaymer/2009, Guido Migliozzi/2022)

Superintendent/greenkeeper: Lucas Pierre

Routing changes for the men’s Olympic golf competition: None

Potential major tee moves: Hole 2 may be played from a forward tee.

GREENS

Type of grass: Mix of Bent / Meadow

Height of cut: 3.2 mm

FAIRWAYS

Type of grass: Mix of Bent, Rye and Fescue

Height of cut: 9 mm

TEES/COLLARS

Type of grass: Mix of Rye / Fescue

Height of cut: 9 mm

ROUGH

Type of grass: Mix of Fescue / Rye

Height of cut (step cut): 25 mm

Height of cut (second cut): 63mm

Height of cut (intermediate): 83 mm

Height of cut (rough): 120 mm

ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

Per Le Golf National, the lakes are full of some of the largest carp in this part of the world.

Water is prevalent across the property and will be a key feature down the closing holes, including No. 15, No. 16 and No. 18. Those holes act as a natural amphitheatre, sitting beneath the main grandstand at No. 18 green. Water is also featured across the following holes: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 9, No. 10, No. 11, No. 13, No. 15, No. 16 and No. 18.

Additionally, the IGF is pleased to share rights-free, hole-by-hole drone footage of Le Golf National. Click here to access the front nine, back nine and full 18-hole flyover. Please note, the drone footage was captured prior to final preparations to the venue for the Olympic golf competitions. Hole-by-hole pickles (imagery) can be found here. A course map of Le Golf National can be found here.

PRE-COMPETITION NOTES

Please click here to access the pre-competition notes for the men’s Olympic golf competition.

OLYMPIC GOLF ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Please follow and engage with the IGF on social media at @OlympicGolf on XInstagram and Facebook.

The Olympic Golf social media channels will post the daily hole locations and weather as well as behind-the-scenes, off-course content with the athletes.

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