Congratulations to Xander Schauffele (-18) for winning the gold medal while representing the USA at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo! His mental toughness throughout the competition paid off while there were many other golfers with low scores. Xander shot four great rounds of golf 68,63,68 and 67 to beat Rory Sabbatini by one stroke. Rory shot a 61 on the last day with two bogeys on his scorecard; that was an impressive score and it earned him the silver medal.
In third place, there were seven players tied at -15. That forced a playoff amongst themselves to compete for the bronze. C.T. Pan beat his fierce competitors after only four playoff holes – that list included Collin Morikawa, Rory McIllroy, Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, Paul Casey and Hideki Matsuyama.
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