The highly anticipated men's individual stroke play event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is set to begin this Thursday, with officials unveiling the tee times for the opening round at Le Golf National. After much anticipation since qualifying concluded, golf fans will finally be able to watch some of the world's best men's professional golfers tee off and battle it out for the coveted gold medal.

Headlining the morning wave will be defending Olympic champion Xander Schauffele of the United States going off the first tee at 5:55 a.m alongside fellow American star Jon Rahm and Norwegian rising star Viktor Hovland. All eyes will be on whether Schauffele can replicate his gold medal success from Tokyo in front of what is sure to be an electric crowd atmosphere at Le Golf National.

Xander Schauffele of Team United States looks on during a practice round ahead of the Men’s Individual Stroke Play on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Le Golf National on July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Also generating plenty of buzz will be the 5:44am tee time featuring red hot Irishman Shane Lowry, fresh off his British Open victory, teeing it up alongside Byeong Hun An from Korea and Canada's top ranked player Nick Taylor. Lowry will look to parlay his major triumph at Royal Portrush into another big success on one of golf's biggest stages in Paris.

Kicking off the action right at dawn will be French hometown favorite Victor Perez, going head to head with Germany's Matti Schmid and Chinese Taipei's C.T. Pan. Perez will have the weight of national expectation on his shoulders as he looks to give the large home crowds something to cheer for early in the week.

Finally, Americans Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa, the world's top two ranked players, will experience a rare matchup going off at 4:11 a.m and 6:06 a.m respectively. Both will be brimming with confidence after recent PGA Tour success and will provide a high quality contest for fans tuning in early.

With such a star studded field including 17 of the world's top 20 ranked players, the Olympic men's competition in Paris is primed to be one of the most exciting and closely contested in the event's brief history. Be sure to tune in to Golf Channel beginning at 3am EST on Thursday for live coverage of the coveted first round.

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Tee times for the men's opening round of the 2024 Olympic golf event at Le Golf National, scheduled for Thursday, August 1, 2024. All times are in Eastern Time (ET):

• 3:00 a.m. – Victor Perez (France), Matti Schmid (Germany), C.T. Pan (Chinese Taipei)

• 3:11 a.m. – Thorbjørn Olesen (Denmark), Alejandro Tosti (Argentina), Joaquin Niemann (Chile)

• 3:22 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo (Argentina), Alex Noren (Sweden), Ryan Fox (New Zealand)

• 3:33 a.m. – Min Woo Lee (Australia), Corey Conners (Canada), Christian Bezuidenhout (South Africa)

• 3:44 a.m. – Wyndham Clark (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain)

• 3:55 a.m. – Sepp Straka (Austria), Jason Day (Australia), Tom Kim (Korea)

• 4:11 a.m. – Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Ireland), Ludvig Åberg (Sweden)

• 4:22 a.m. – Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Belgium), Daniel Hillier (New Zealand), Guido Migliozzi (Italy)

• 4:33 a.m. – Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand), Gavin Green (Malaysia), Gaganjeet Bhullar (India)

• 4:44 a.m. – Phachara Khongwatmai (Thailand), Abraham Ancer (Mexico), Dou Zecheng (China)

• 4:55 a.m. – Yuan Yechun (China), Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Matteo Manassero (Italy)

• 5:06 a.m. – Adrian Meronk (Poland), Sami Valimaki (Finland), David Puig (Spain)

• 5:17 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen (South Africa), Keita Nakajima (Japan), Kevin Yu (Chinese Taipei)

• 5:33 a.m. – Stephan Jaeger (Germany), Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark), Thomas Detry (Belgium)

• 5:44 a.m. – Byeong Hun An (Korea), Shane Lowry (Ireland), Nick Taylor (Canada)

• 5:55 a.m. – Xander Schauffele (USA), Viktor Hovland (Norway), Jon Rahm (Spain)

• 6:06 a.m. – Matthieu Pavon (France), Collin Morikawa (USA), Matt Fitzpatrick (Great Britain)

• 6:17 a.m. – Shubhankar Sharma (India), Rafael Campos (Puerto Rico), Carlos Ortiz (Mexico)

• 6:28 a.m. – Nico Echavarria (Colombia), Mito Pereira (Chile), Kris Ventura (Norway)

• 6:39 a.m. – Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay), Joel Girrbach (Switzerland), Tapio Pulkkanen (Finland)