How Low Will Scores Go in Men's Olympic Golf Competition?

The early returns are in from Tokyo Olympics, and if a golfer wants to win a gold medal, he'll need to fire at the pins.

Timm Matthews | Jul 30, 2021

How Low Will Scores Go in Men's Olympic Golf Competition? /

The men's Olympic golf competition is underway, and it has quickly become clear that conditions are ripe for a shootout. What type of number will it take to win gold? And why did so many big names start slowly. Hosts Frank Bassett and Timm Matthews discuss. And later, the preview the U.S. Senior Women's Open as play begins.

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MORE TOKYO OLYMPICS GOLF COVERAGE FROM MORNING READ

- Podcast: Just How Low Can Scores Go at Olympic Golf Competition?
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- 5 Reasons to Watch the Men's Competition This Week
- Is Olympic Golf a Big Deal? It's All in Eye of the Beholder
- Bryson DeChambeau Tests Positive for COVD-19, Out of Olympics
- Jon Rahm Out of Olympics After Positive COVID Test
- Don't Underestimate the Power of Olympics, or the Golfers Competing in Them

Published Jul 30, 2021

TIMM MATTHEWS

Matthews co-hosts the national golf talk show “Golf Talk America” on PGA Tour Radio, which is also heard on iTunes, Stitcher, Tune In and iHeart Radio. He has been a sports anchor-reporter in Dallas/Fort Worth for 35 years. Matthews is an onsite announcer for PGA Tour Radio and Sirius/XM for PGA Tour events around the country, and he has been the host of “The GAME with Timm Matthews,” which has aired on CBS Radio in Dallas since 2007.