American Scottie Scheffler has shed tears of joy atop the Olympic podium after delivering an eye-watering demonstration of why he's the world's supreme golfer.
The 28-year-old delivered the round of his life to land the gold medal at Le Golf National course outside Paris, a dazzling nine-under par 62 that made light of a four-shot overnight deficit and enabled him to nick a single-stroke triumph over Britain's Tommy Fleetwood.
On a Sunday afternoon when the cream of the world's top golfers offered a tour de force in the sunshine for 30,000 fans, Scheffler, already a six-time winner on the PGA tour this year, still stood in a class all of his own.
