SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — It’s difficult to forget about Scottie Scheffler, the world’s No. 1-ranked player, when he’s on the golf course, but Sunday, it seemed, was over by midafternoon. The Olympic men’s golf competition was in the hands of Jon Rahm. A four-shot lead with seven holes to go. Get the medal ready.
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But Scheffler was out there at Le Golf National. And the gold medal wasn’t around anyone’s neck yet.
Behind a back-nine 6-under 29, the world’s best player added to his résumé with a brilliant and defiant 9-under 62 to become only the third male to win an individual gold medal for the United States in these Games.
Scheffler’s final
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