Scottie Scheffler won gold for Team USA at Le Golf National at the 2024 Paris Olympics adding to his brilliant season that is guaranteed to go down in history as amongst the best individual campaigns the sport has ever.
England's Tommy Fleetwood held on to silver but faded in the back nine as Scheffler's 62 in the final round proved too much to overcome.
Scheffler started the day four shots behind Fleetwood and Spain's Jon Rahm, and by the end of it was claiming more records in a year that has been defined by them almost every month.
Already a six-time winner on the PGA Tour this year, including his second Masters title, Scheffler added Olympic gold to an astonishing season with a round that kept some 30,000 fans on edge for a wild final two hours.
Scheffler charged to the front with four straight birdies down the stretch, none bigger than gouging a shot out of deep rough on the 17th hole and making the 18-foot birdie putt to take the lead for the first time all day.
He set an Olympic record for 72 holes at 19-under 265. Fleetwood, who fell out of the lead with a bogey from the rough on the 17th, got up-and-down for par on the final hole for a 66 to win the silver medal.
The win moved the sometimes unemotional Scheffler to tears while hearing the American National Anthem blare out over Le Golf National after his comeback victory.
At 19-under par for the Paris tournament, Scheffler bested Fleetwood (-18) and bronze-medal winner Hideki Matsuyama (-17).
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If it were any other Sunday, Victor Perez would have been the headliner. The Frenchman shot eight-under par to finish fourth (-16) in front of the home crowd. Though he fell one shot of the podium, the roars from the crowds were never louder than when Perez finished the 18th hole.
There was a two-man tie for fifth place between Rahm and Rory McIlroy — the Spaniard's collapse at Le Golf National reminiscent of the North Irishman's fall at the 2024 U.S. Open.
Reigning gold medal champ Xander Schauffele settled for tied for ninth place, outside of the podium.
Scheffler entered the tournament as the favorite and finished atop the leaderboard with a 19-under score after going 9-under on Sunday.
