American golfer Scottie Scheffler won the gold medal on Sunday in the Paris Olympic Games tournament, where Tarbais Victor Perez finished fourth, one shot off the podium after a historic day.
With a score of -19, the world No.1 defeated British Tommy Fleetwood (-18) who won silver and Japanese Hideki Matsuyama (-17) in bronze. Behind the leading trio, Tarbais finished in a disappointing fourth place. Only 14th, five shots from 3rd place on Saturday, Victor Perez produced a high-flying final round, returning a card of -8, with six birdies and an eagle. Only the American, world number 1, is better – 9.
On Saturday, the Tarbais learned he had a card to play. With four birdies, unfortunately marred by two bogeys in the first nine holes, the Frenchman nevertheless made a better start than his two previous days at -2 But the end of the course, which is quite successful for him until now, he gave these moments less than a smile. A bogey on 17, on a hole where he had two birdies the first two days, killed his birdie on 15. Too bad. Because the Frenchman made one of his most beautiful putts of the day on 18, the putt of hope…
“In any case, nothing is lost, (and) everything is gained,” said the Frenchman about the final round. “There are no negative effects of the sun, which is rare in our game, where there is always something to lose. In this case, it is true that we play with a little foot on the floor … if it is good, we know that we can immediately put ourselves in a good position,” he said. “I see that the medals are there for the French delegation so I hope to have a very good day tomorrow and add one more,” he concluded.
One stroke leads over 72 holes played
Sunday, in contact for a long time, Bigourdan began to hope for Sunday thanks to six birdies and an eagle. Unfortunately a lot more is needed to secure the podium. In the last two holes, the Frenchman did not make any new birdies. With his last putt, Bigourdan understood that the medal would elude him. While the Briton and the Japanese were not finished when Bigourdan completed his 18th lap, all that was left was to hope for mistakes from his rivals to hope to compete in a play-off for a medal. . If Tommy Fleetwood fails on the 17th hole with a bogey, losing the gold medal at the same time, the Briton will secure the 18th and final hole without leaving any hope in Tarbais.
The world number 1 holds his place
In the end, the 75th player in the world finished fourth with a score of -16, one stroke from the bronze medal, ahead of Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy (-15). With 72 holes played over 4 days of competition, one shot separated Tarbais from a possible medal.
Winner of the Masters in 2022 and 2024, Scottie Scheffler returned the best card in the final round with a score of -9, making nine birdies, while his compatriot Xander Schauffele, gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, was unable to participate on Sunday. The American world No.1 flying over the circuit ended the Olympic tournament in the best possible way to win Olympic gold in a beautiful setting.
Leading with Spaniard Jon Rahm at the end of Saturday, Schauffele returned a +2 card and finished in ninth place, while Rahm (-1) fell to fifth place.
Really sorry, but there is no time to think about it for the Tarbais who will start the Wyndham Championship on Thursday.