Olympics-Golf-Scheffler wins gold after final flourish

Paris 2024 Olympics - Golf - Men's Round 2 - Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France - August 02, 2024. Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. in action. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. world number one Scottie Scheffler won gold at the men's Olympic golf competition on Sunday after matching the course record in the final round to pip crowd favourite Tommy Fleetwood of Britain.

Scheffler shot a nine-under-par round of 62 to finish the tournament on 19 under par, one shot ahead of Fleetwood who took silver.