Golfers will tee off at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France on Thursday when the men’s individual competition begins. The men’s final wraps up on Sunday, Aug. 4, and the women’s competition begins the next day and ends on Saturday, Aug. 10.
In all, golf at the Olympics will feature 60 competitors from 38 different countries.
Golf has a bit of a weird history at the Olympics. It debuted in the second-ever Summer Games in 1900, was played again in 1904, and then went on a long hiatus and didn’t return again until 2016.
In men’s play, the U.S. has won gold twice, with Charles Sands taking the top prize in 1900 and then Xander Schauffele winning in Tokyo in 2021. The same is true for the women, where Margaret Abbott won in 1900, and Nelly Korda captured gold in 2021.
This year, there are four men and three women who will compete for Team USA on the greens at the Summer Games. Let’s meet them.
Wyndham Clark
- Age: 30
- From: Denver, Colorado
- Last win: Clark finished 17-under at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Feb. 4 to beat Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg by a stroke. Clark also won the 2023 U.S. Open.
- Olympic history: This is Clark’s first appearance in the Olympics.
Nelly Korda
- Age: 26
- From: Bradenton, Florida
- Last win: Korda finished 14-under to win the Mizuho Americas Open on May 19. A month before, she won the Chevron Championship, an LPGA Major. In all, Korda has six LPGA Tour victories this year. Simply put, she’s one of the best golfers in the world right now.
- Olympic history: She finished 17-under to beat Japan’s Mone Inami in the 2021 Summer Games.
Collin Morikawa
- Age: 27
- From: La Canada, California
- Last win: Morikawa finished 14-under to win the Zozo Championship by six strokes on Oct. 22, 2023. He won the PGA Championship in 2020 and the British Open in 2021. Morikawa hasn’t had the best luck in 2024 but placed in the top five at the Masters and PGA Championship, and in the top 20 in the other two majors.
- Olympic history: Morikawa finished tied for fourth at the 2021 games.
Lilia Vu
- Age: 26
- From: Fountain Valley, California
- Last win: Vu won the Maijer LPGA Classic on June 16 in a playoff over Grace Kim and Lexi Thompson. In 2023, she won two majors, taking the British Open and the Chevron Championship.
- Olympic history: This is Vu’s first appearance in the Olympics.
Xander Schauffele
- Age: 30
- From: San Diego, California
- Last win: Schauffele is playing like one of the best golfers in the world in 2024. He’s won two majors this year, taking the PGA Championship by one stroke over Bryson DeChambeau back in May, and the British Open by two strokes just a few weeks ago.
- Olympic history: Schauffele finished 18-under in Tokyo in 2021 to beat Slovakia’s Rory Sabbatini by a stroke for the gold.
Rose Zhang
- Age: 21
- From: Irvine, California
- Last win: Back in May, Zhang won the Cognizant Founders Cup, finishing 24-under to beat Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom by two strokes. In 2023, she won her LPGA Tour debut less than two weeks after winning a national title for Stanford.
- Olympic history: This is Zhang’s first Olympic appearance.
Scottie Scheffler
- Age: 28
- From: Ridgewood, New Jersey
- Last win: If there’s another man golfing better than Schauffele, it’s Scheffler, who won his second Masters earlier this year and also has five PGA Tour victories in 2024.
- Olympic history: This is Scheffler’s first Olympic appearance.
