Currently at 90th in the Official World Golf Ranking, Australia's Marcus Fraser earned one of
two Australian bids after four of his countrymen – Jason Day, Adam
Scott, Marc Leishman and Matt Jones – opted to skip the Games. The
38-year-old took full advantage of his good fortune, recording the
lowest round in Olympic history. Fraser, the current order of merit
leader on the Asian Tour, is a three-time European Tour winner who most
recently claimed victory at the co-sanctioned Maybank Championship in
Malaysia this past February. Six players sits within four shots of the
lead after Round 1, but two big names to watch are Stenson, who’s
coming off his first major win at The Open, and Great Britain’s Rose,
the 2013 U.S. Open champ who recorded the first hole-in-one in Olympic
history on Thursday and is looking to win on his sixth continent. Meanwhile, Great Britain's Justin Rose made the first ace in Olympic golf history
Thursday at the par-3 fourth hole during the first round of men's golf
in Rio.Which golfers are best positioned to bring home the gold medal? Share your picks with the
Pro Golf Tour.
No comments:
Post a Comment