SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Golf’s place in the Olympics should be questioned no more. A four-day celebration of the game broke out on the outskirts of Paris this week and it’s no stretch to suggest just how important it became to those who lived it.
There was Scottie Scheffler, on his way to another victory, fist-pumping with joy after a crucial birdie putt at the 17th hole, then sobbing on the medal stand as the U.S. national anthem played—a final-round 62 having secured the gold medal—as he stood alongside silver medal winner Tommy Fleetwood and bronze winner Hideki Matsuyama.
