The men’s golf tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games continues on Saturday morning, with the first of 20 groups teeing off at 8am UK time.

The event takes place at Le Golf National, the course which hosted the Ryder Cup in 2018, and Saturday will be the penultimate day of the tournament.

After a four-under first round which left him four shots behind the tournament leader, Fleetwood had an exceptional second round at Le Gold National to bring himself to tied first heading into the weekend.

Despite finishing the round with a bogey, the Englishman scored six birdies and an eagle in his second outing in Paris, leaving him on a total of 11 under par.

Alongside Fleetwood on top of the leaderboard is Matsuyama, who finished in first after day one, and defending Olympic champion Xander Schauffele.

In true dramatic Olympic fashion, the leading trio will tee off together on Saturday morning as the final group of the day.

Schauffele, Matsuyama and Fleetwood will begin their round at 11:39 BST to try and put themselves in the best position possible ahead of the final round on Sunday.

The Paris Olympic Games have been frustrating for Rory McIlroy, who currently sits six shots behind the leaders on five under par.

The Irishman is set to tee off for his third round at 10:44 alongside Canadian Corey Conners and Australia’s Jason Day, who both join McIlroy with a score of five under.

In the first round, McIlroy finished three shots under par after making five birdies and an eagle but ate into his score with four bogeys.

It was much the same for the 35-year-old on Friday, as he carded an eagle and four birdies, mixed with two bogeys and a double bogey.

Speaking after his first outing in Paris, the former world No. 1 admitted that his time at the Games has been challenging so far.

He said: “A bit up and down, which is to be expected. I didn’t do a whole lot between The Open and here. Some good. Some not so good”

McIlroy narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games, and has spoken about his desire to win one before his career ends.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler went into the Paris Olympic Games as the favourite to bring the gold medal back to the United States.

However, the 28-year-old currently sits tied 10th with a score of six under par.

“I would like to be leading,” admitted Scheffler after a second round which saw him double bogey hole seven before shooting four under par for the second half of the course.

“I’m proud of the back nine. Got myself back into it. Like I said, I was pretty far back, so it was nice to string some good holes together and hole some putts. Definitely ride that momentum the next couple days.”

Scheffler will play alongside South African Erik van Rooyen and Chile’s Joaquin Niemann in the third round, with the trio set to tee off at 11:06.