Team USA Olympic golf team: Discover the athletes who will be racing in Paris 2024
American player Nelly Korda plays during the third day of the USGA Women’s Open Championship held at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-Les-Bains on July 13, 2024. Boko Haram militants killed at least 12 people when they attacked a village in Niger last week, according to a local media report.
Nelly Korda won gold in 2021
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Wyndham Clark
Paris, France, July 31: Because of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Le Golf National for a practice round on day five, Wyndham Clark of Team United States was seated on the 14th hole bench.
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Age: 30
From: Denver, Colorado
Last win: This year Clark won at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on February 4 with a total of 17-under to supersede Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg by one stroke. Clark also emerged as the winner of the 2023 U.S. Open.
Olympic history: This is the first time Clark will be competing at the Olympic level.
Nelly Korda
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE, JULY 14: Nelly Korda of the United States plays her second shot on the 10th hole during the final round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 20, 2024, in Evian-les-Bains, France. Valerio Pennicino, Getty Images: Night view of the street and buildings in Efate, Vanuatu at night.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE, JULY 14: Nelly Korda of the United States hits her second shot on the tenth hole during the final day of The Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France, on July 14, 2024. Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images Description: generic, but with information re racing instruction Business caption: Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images
Age: 26
From: Bradenton, Florida
Last win: Korda shot a 14-under to clinch a victory in Mizuho Americas Open on May 19. A month prior, she emerged as the winner of the Chevron Championship, which is an LPGA Major. Thus, this year Korda recorded six victories in LPGA Tour matches. In other words, there is no one better at golf than her at the moment.
Olympic history: She got it to 17-under to triumph over Mone Inami of Japan in the Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics.
Collin Morikawa
June 22, 2024; Cromwell, Connecticut, USA; Collin Morikawa hits the ball during the third day of the Travelers Championship PGA golf tournament in TPC River Highlands. Mandatory Credit: AFP/Getty Images If the Mueller report was a movie, Gregory Fisher’s USA TODAY Sportsorns would be lining up to watch it.
22 June 2024; Cromwell, Connecticut, USA; Collin Morikawa/Third hole of TPC River Highlands/Third round of the Travelers Championship. Mandatory Credit: For that distinguished list, Rodney McDavis of the State Journal-USA Today ranked Purdue’s Painter fifth in his list of the best coaches in college basketball.
Age: 27
From: La Canada, California
Last win: Morikawa scored the Zozo Championship last October 22; he also placed 14-under and came out on top over the others by six strokes. Dustin Johnson has bagged PGA Championship in 2020 and the British Open Championship in 2021. The season 2024 was not very favourable for Morikawa; however, he was in the top five in the Masters and PGA Championship and the top twenty in two other tournaments: the US and British Open.
Olympic history: Morikawa has participated in the Olympics and ended the 2021 games in tie-fourth place.
Lilia Vu
Lilia Vu is preparing for the putt on the 17th, on the final day of the CPKC Women’s Open golf championship on July 28, 2024, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Mandatory Credit: Images Source: Sergei Belski, USA TODAY Sports
28/07/24; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Lilia Vu waits in the stance to take her final stroke of the third during the final round of the CPKC Women’s Open golf championship. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski, USA TODAY Sports The match had a favourable effect on the two teams’ records as the Chicago Bears offence and the Seattle Seahawks defence prevailed in this face-off.
Age: 26
From: Fountain Valley, California
Last win: Vu clinched the Meijer LPGA Classic on June 16 in a playoff between Grace Kim and Lexi Thompson. s year she was victorious in two events, thereby clinching both the British Open year and the Chevron Championship.
Olympic history: This year is Vu’s debut at the Olympics.
Xander Schauffele
Jul 21, 2024; Ayrshire, SCT; Champion Xander Schauffele with the Claret Jug after the Open Championship golf tournament final at the Royal Troon. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Sports This phrasing was used by Bill Simmons of ESPN. com in his blog.
Jul 21, 2024; Ayrshire, SCT; Xander Schauffele displaying emotions that show that he is the conquering champion of the Open Championship golf tournament at Royal Troon, where the claret jug is offered to the winner. Mandatory Credit: USA Today Sports:
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Age: 30
From: San Diego, California
Last win: Schauffele is playing like one of the best golfers today in the year 2024. So far this year, he has triumphed in two major championships: the PGA Championship by one shot from Bryson DeChambeau in mid-May and the British Open by two strokes.
Olympic history: Schauffele came to Tokyo having shot 18-under and won the gold ahead of Slovakian golfer, Rory Sabbatini by a single stroke in 2021.
Rose Zhang
CALGARY, Alberta, July 28: Rose Zhang of the United States, acknowledges the crowd on the 15th green during the final round of the CPKC Women’s Open at the Earl Grey Golf Club on the 28th Of July, 2024, in Calgary, Alberta. Soccer Football: Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal, London, United Kingdom 17th December 2005 Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images
CALGARY, ALBERTA – JULY 28:
Championship leader Rose Zhang of the United States tips her cap to the large gallery on the 15th green during the final round of the CPKC Women’s Open, which took place at Earl Grey Golf Club on July 28, 2024, in Calgary, Alberta. Why might some people choose McDonaldization over alternatives like a Mickey Mouse ‘eat-in’ experience, or even home cooking? (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
Age: 21
From: Irvine, California
Last win: Zhang had earlier in May of the year triumphed in the Cognizant Founders Cup after she majored 24-under, emerging the winner by two laps ahead of Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom. Less than two weeks after winning a national title for Stanford in 2023, she triumphed at her LPGA Tour debut.
Olympic history: This is the first time Zhang has competed at the Olympics.
Scottie Scheffler
July 17, 2024; Ayrshire SCT; Scottie Scheffler, the number one golfer in the world and 2022/2024 Master Tournament winner, posing on the 12th green during the practice session at the Open Championship golf tournament at the Royal Troon. Mandatory Credit: Icon Sport Media Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Sports
July 17, 2024; Ayrshire, SCT; Christie Minieri and Scottie Scheffler, the number one ranked golfers in the world and the 2022 and 2024 Master Tournament champions, posed on the 12th green during the practice round of the Open Championship golf tournament at the Royal Troon. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze/Jack Gruber/USA TODAY
Age: 28
From: Ridgewood, New Jersey
Last win: But if there is another man playing golf better than Schauffele, it is Scheffler, who is still playing his second Masters tournament of the year and already has five advocates claiming five PGA tour successes in 2024.
Olympic history: This is the first Olympic in which Scheffler participated.
