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Golf is returning to the Olympics for just the third time since 1904 this summer at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and Newsweek has any fans hoping to tune in to the men’s tournament covered.
The sport made its “Olympic comeback” during the Rio 2016 Olympics—after having only previously been part of the Games on two occasions in the early 20th century—and was brought back again for the Tokyo 2020 Games, which were contested in 2021 because of the pandemic.
Fields of 60 players on both the men’s and women’s sides will compete in a 72-hole competition at Le Golf National in Paris. Athlete qualification was determined via rankings. Players automatically qualified, per NBC, based on the International Golf Federation’s world ranking at the end of the qualification period, which was June 17 for men and June 24 for women. Up to four men and four women could make the trip to Paris for a single country in golf if they were ranked in the top 15 at those times.
Then, after the top 15, the Olympic Golf Rankings consist of up to the top two eligible players per country—but only if that country does not already have at least two players in the top 15.
From round times to channels, here’s what else to know about men’s golf in Paris.
Men’s golf at the 2024 Olympic Games is scheduled to begin Thursday, August 1, and run through Sunday, August 4. Rounds are set to start at 3 a.m. ET each day, though tee times are subject to change.
Both the men’s and women’s golf teams, USA Golf said, will suit up in a custom J. Lindeberg “Red, White, Blue for Gold” collection during the competition in Paris.
Golf at the 2024 Games, both the men’s and women’s tournaments, will air on Golf Channel (channel No. 218 for DirecTV customers).
It will also be available to stream on Peacock and various NBC Olympics platforms—such as NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com and the NBC and NBC Olympics mobile apps, which are free to download. Full event replays will be available on the NBCOlympics.com Replays hub.
USA Golf officially announced in June the four accomplished men who qualified to represent the United States at the 2024 Olympic Games.
The Team USA men’s golf team’s perhaps unmatched roster—which includes the defending gold medalist, plus the top-ranked men’s player in the world—includes the top-four ranked Americans and is made up of all former major winners (including this year’s red-hot Master’s winner and a two-time major winner in 2024):
Schauffele and Morikawa are both set to represent Team USA at the Olympic Games for the second time in their careers. Scheffler and Clark, meanwhile, will both make their debuts.
“Since the return of golf to the Olympic Games, Team USA has reached the podium on both occasions with Matt Kuchar earning bronze in Rio and Xander Schauffele bringing home gold in Tokyo,” USA GOLF Executive Director Andy Levinson said in a release. “With such a talented team going to Paris, we feel confident in Team USA’s continued success.”
Rory Mcllroy (Ireland), Jason Day (Australia) and Jon Rahm (Spain) serve as just some of the top international foes Team USA will face in Paris.
And, for the golf amateurs out there, the format at the Games is stroke play.
That, as explained in a rules overview on the Olympics website, “Consists of counting the number of strokes a golfer takes to complete an 18-hole course played four times over four days. The player with the lowest number of strokes at the end of the four rounds wins the tournament.”
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