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.
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SCORECARDS
Link to the scorecard for the men’s Olympic golf competition.
HOLE LOCATIONS
Hole locations will be sent out to media the afternoon prior to each competition round. These hole locations will also be posted in the IGF Dropbox account, on the PGA TOUR media site and on the @OlympicGolf social media channels.
