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UPDATE: Sepp Straka is the leader after the first round, shooting a -8. He has a one-shot lead on Jazz Janewattananond and a two-shot lead on Thomas Pieters, and Carlos Ortiz. Xander Schauffele is now the betting favorite to win gold at DraftKings Sportsbook, installed at +1100. Paul Casey, Viktor Hovland, Thomas Pieters, Collin Morikawa, Sepp Straka, and Carlos Ortiz all sit at +1200.
The men’s stroke-play tournament at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics is officially underway. The first round teed off at 6:30 p.m. ET Wednesday evening and the second round will tee off at the same time on Thursday evening. The gold medal will go to the tourney winner and it will run as a traditional four-round tournament.
Rory Sabbatini, Mito Pereira, and Renato Paratore will get the second round started at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Kristian K. Johannessen, Adrian Meronk, and Gunn Charoenkul will be the last trio to hit the course, teeing off at 10:09 p.m. ET.
Golf Channel is providing television coverage, but you can also stream the entire tournament at NBCOlympics.com and on the NBC Sports app.
American Collin Morikawa entered the tournament as the favorite to win gold, and will hit the course at 9:25 p.m. ET on Wednesday. His second round tee time is 7:25 p.m. ET.
Below is a full list of tee times for Round 2 of Men’s Golf Individual Stroke Play at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics, Men’s Golf second round tee times
| Time (ET) | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time (ET) | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
| 6:30 p.m. | Rory Sabbatini | Mito Pereira | Renato Paratore |
| 6:41 p.m. | Jhonattan Vegas | Thomas Detry | Kalle Samooja |
| 6:52 p.m. | Mackenzie Hughes | Alex Noren | Jazz Janewattananond |
| 7:03 p.m. | Rasmus Hojgaard | Romain Langasque | Si Woo Kim |
| 7:14 p.m. | Viktor Hovland | Cameron Smith | Garrick Higgo |
| 7:25 p.m. | Collin Morikawa | Rory McIlroy | Sungjae Im |
| 7:41 p.m. | Patrick Reed | Tommy Fleetwood | Shane Lowry |
| 7:52 p.m. | Rafael Campos | Maximilian Kieffer | Ashun Wu |
| 8:03 p.m. | Fabrizio Zanotti | Juvic Pagunsan | Scott Vincent |
| 8:14 p.m. | Udayan Mane | Ondrej Lieser | Jorge Campillo |
| 8:25 p.m. | Rikuya Hoshino | Thomas Pieters | Sepp Straka |
| 8:36 p.m. | Adri Arnaus | Sami Valimaki | Matthias Schwab |
| 8:47 p.m. | Sebastián Muñoz | Henrik Norlander | Joachim B Hansen |
| 9:03 p.m. | Carlos Ortiz | Antoine Rozner | Guido Migliozzi |
| 9:14 p.m. | Xander Schauffele | Abraham Ancer | Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
| 9:25 p.m. | Justin Thomas | Joaquin Niemann | Paul Casey |
| 9:36 p.m. | Hideki Matsuyama | Marc Leishman | Corey Conners |
| 9:47 p.m. | C.T. Pan | Ryan Fox | Anirban Lahiri |
| 9:58 p.m. | Hurly Long | Carl Yuan | Gavin Kyle Green |
| 10:09 p.m. | Kristian K. Johannessen | Adrian Meronk | Gunn Charoenkul |