Xander Schauffele with 2 clutch putts provides US gold in golfing

Xander Schauffele won an Olympic gold medal he poorly preferred by conquering additional strain than he could have imagined Sunday.

Proper when Schauffele appeared to drop his organization grip on the gold, the 27-year-previous American responded with two clutch putts at the stop for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot victory around Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia in a wild complete to the men’s golfing competition.

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One particular was a 6-foot birdie putt for the lead. The last 1 was a 4-foot par putt for the gain.

“Just in shock,” Schauffele claimed. “I was seeking so really hard to just remain tranquil. … But guy, it was stress filled. And I built that putt and it was just a huge bodyweight lifted off my shoulders and just quite relieved and content.”

The pressure produced the sizzling air come to feel even thicker at Kasumigaseki Place Club. When the last group walked on to the 18th inexperienced, nine gamers remained in the blend for a medal.

1 of them was Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, just not the medal that his golf-mad place wished for him. He was just one shot out of the guide when he missed a 3-foot par putt on the 15th gap and hardly ever caught up. He missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for the bronze.

And then he left with no medal at all.

Matsuyama was part of a 7-man playoff for the bronze, which

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