Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele hold a share of the 54-hole lead at Le Golf National, the site of this week’s Men’s Olympic Golf Competition that also hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup.
Sitting one stroke behind these two-time major champions is Tommy Fleetwood, who has a remarkable chance to win a gold medal despite feeling uncomfortable over the golf ball all week. It would mark the biggest win of his career to date. Then, three strokes back of the lead lie Nicolai Højgaard and Hideki Matsuyama, who have gone very low already this week. Højgaard tied the course record on Saturday, posting a 9-under 62, while Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion, shot an 8-under 63 to grab the early lead on Thursday. Surely, these two players have the potential to go low again on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are 10-under, but so, too are Tom Kim and Thomas Detry.
Since Kim hails from South Korea, he faces a precarious situation in his home country. If he finishes among the top three and wins a medal, he will become exempt from the mandatory military service that all South Korean males are required to do before the age of 35. But if he falls short, a stint in the military looms.
Nevertheless, here are the tee times for the final round at Le Golf National.
Round 4 Tee Times (ET)
3:00 a.m. — Camilo Villegas +9 (Colombia), Matthieu Pavon +10 (France)
3:11 a.m. — Mito Pereira +6 (Chile), Phacharra Khongwatmai +6 (Thailand), Yechun Yuan +7 (China)
3:22 a.m. — Zecheng Dou +3 (China), Daniel Hillier +5 (New Zealand), Kiradech Aphibarnrat +6 (Thailand)
3:33 a.m. — Kristoffer Ventura +2 (Norway), Adrian Meronk +3 (Poland), Emiliano Grillo +3 (Argentina)
3:44 a.m. — Nico Echavarria +1 (Colombia), Kevin Yu +1 (Taipei), Gaganjeet Bhullar +2 (India)
3:55 a.m. — Tapio Pulkkanen -1 (Finland), Rafa Campos E (Puerto Rico), Keita Nakajima E (Japan)
4:11 a.m. — Gavin Green -1 (Malaysia), Abraham Ancer -1 (Mexico), Alex Noren -1 (Sweden)
4:22 a.m. — Shubhankar Sharma -2 (India), Viktor Hovland -1 (Norway), Matthias Schmid -1 (Germany)
4:33 a.m. — Nick Taylor -2 (Canda), Sepp Straka -2 (Austria), Joel Girrbach -2 (Switzerland)
4:44 a.m. — Adrien Dumont de Chassart -3 (Belgium), Fabrizio Zanotti -3 (Paraguay), Sami Valimaki -3 (Finland)
4:55 a.m. — David Puig -5 (Spain), Min Woo Lee -4 (Australia), Guido Migliozzi -4 (Italy)
5:06 a.m. — Ryan Fox -5 (New Zealand), Collin Morikawa -5 (United States), Carlos Ortiz -5 (Mexico)
5:17 a.m. — Stephan Jaeger -6 (Germany), Wyndham Clark -5 (United States), Shane Lowry -5 (Ireland)
5:33 a.m. — Alejandro Tosti -7 (Argentina), C.T. Pan -7 (Taipei), Matteo Manassero -6 (Italy)
5:44 a.m. —Erik van Rooyen -8 (South Africa), Byeong Hun An -7 (South Korea), Corey Conners -7 (Canada)
5:55 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout -8 (South Africa), Thorbjørn Olesen -8 (Denmark), Victor Perez -8 (France)
6:06 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg -9 (Sweden), Jason Day -9 (Australia), Joaquin Niemann -9 (Chile)
6:17 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler -10 (United States), Tom Kim -10 (South Korea), Thomas Detry -10 (Belgium)
6:28 a.m. — Nicolai Højgaard -11 (Denmark), Hideki Matsuyama -11 (Japan), Rory McIlroy -10 (Ireland)
6:39 a.m. — Jon Rahm -14 (Spain), Xander Schauffele -14 (United States), Tommy Fleetwood -13 (England)
Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.
