The world’s number one ranked golfer showed his patriotism by shedding tears during the flag-raising ceremony at the Olympics in France.
Scottie Scheffler, the world’s number one ranked golfer, played a stellar final round to overtake several other players and move into the gold medal position.
Spain’s Jon Rahm led by four strokes going into the final round but was ultimately no match for Scheffler, who fired in a brilliant 62, the best score of the tournament, to win by one stroke.
“Hopefully he’ll win a few more games this year. I think he’s a good guy.”
Schaeffler is out of order At the Olympics, it is traditional for the national anthem of the gold medalist to be played when the three medalists stand on the podium, so the audience was moved to tears when the American national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” was played.
“We brought home a gold medal to the greatest country in the world,” Scheffler wrote. Xwhere he rarely posts.
Other posted photos Olympic Golf Scheffler was seen with tears in his eyes and his hand over his heart as he won his first gold medal.
Fans across the country reacted and spoke of how Schaeffler deserved to win.
“One of the best years of golf I’ve seen in a long time. Hopefully he can win a few more this year. Seems like a good guy,” one reaction read. X read.
“It’s good to know how much it means to him,” another fan said. Said.
in -19Scheffler beat Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood, who won the silver medal at -18, and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who won the bronze medal at -17.
The next closest was American Xander Schauffele, who tied for ninth place.
Scheffler was not on the team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with Schauffele winning the gold medal for the U.S. in Japan.
Schauffele is ranked second behind Schauffler. World Golf RankingsThis shows how competitive the Olympic Games were. Not every country can send their best players to the Olympics for fear of injuries or the impact on professional leagues. Soccer and baseball are examples of this.
However, when it came to golf, eight of the world’s top 10 golfers took part in the Paris tournament.
Scheffler shots of 67, 69 and 67 in the first three rounds of the tournament.
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