Who Is On The Team GB Olympic Golf Team?

Golf is returning at the 2024 Olympics Games for the third time since getting back onto the schedule in Rio 2016 following a century-long absence.

A field of 60 players from the men's and women's game will line up at the famed Le Golf National, host of the 2018 Ryder Cup, for two 72-hole strokeplay events to decide the latest Olympic golf champions.

Justin Rose claimed gold in Rio in golf's return from 112 years in the Olympic wilderness, before Xander Schauffele was crowned champion in Tokyo three years ago in those Covid-delayed Games.

If Team GB are to get back into the medals, who will be the two players looking to come out on top in Paris?

Who Is On The Team GB Olympic Golf Team?

Although there are several huge names that haven't made the Olympic men's golf field, there can't be too much argument over Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick being the Team GB representatives.

Fleetwood is a DP World Tour stalwart and also has fabulous memories of playing at Le Golf National, while Fitzpatrick is a Major champion and also has plenty of Ryder Cup experience - albeit not at this venue.

On the women's side there are also two household names in Team GB with Charley Hull and Georgia Hall - two Solheim Cup stars and best friends - teeing it up in Paris.

The men's event kicks off the Olympic golf schedule with a usual Thursday-to-Sunday tournament, with a short gap before the women's event starts the following Wednesday.

Tee times for every day of both the men and the women begin at 9am local time, that's 3am Eastern Time in the United States and 8am BST in the UK.

Team GB Olympic Golf Team

Tommy Fleetwood

Although Tommy Fleetwood is yet to win a Major, he's done almost everything but, and playing Le Golf National could just be his secret weapon as he searches for an Olympic medal.

He won the Open de France in 2017 and then a year later formed that historic Ryder Cup partnership with Francesco Molinari where the team known as 'Moliwood' won all four of their matches together.

Fleetwood clinched last year's Ryder Cup in Rome for Team Europe so can operate under the most intense pressure, while his career-best third at The Masters this year shows he's in decent form.

Fleetwood on the Olympics: "I think it's something very, very special, and I think for us as golfers, it's always when we get asked this question, where does it rank, me and Fitzy would be in the same boat as pretty much everybody here in that when we were kids, we didn't grow up with the opportunity of winning an Olympic Gold. It wasn't a thing in our sport.

"But I think now, I have kids, and over the first couple of days, I'm watching Frankie watch things like synchronised diving and all this stuff and he's supporting teams GB and he thinks winning the Gold Medal is like the most amazing thing.

"We've grown up dreaming of winning majors and that's just ingrained in you, if you like. But where would Olympic Gold sit in a generation's time, we'll have to wait and see, but it's something very high on the list."

Matt Fitzpatrick

After his stellar amateur career, Matt Fitzpatrick went on to become a Major champion in 2022 with his incredible US Open success.

He joined the most exclusive club in golf that day at Brookline as he joined the great Jack Nicklaus as the only two golfers to win the US Amateur and US Open at the same course.

Fitzpatrick played in his third Ryder Cup last year so making his Olympic debut here in Paris shouldn't hold too much fear.

Fitzpatrick on the Olympics: "I think I said this the other week at The Open. The Gold Medal isn't at the top of every golfer's list; the four Majors are. There's no doubt about that.

"But I'd certainly say it's underneath that. I think probably before I arrived here and kind of got the feel for the Olympics itself, you probably underestimate how big it is and once you are here, and you realise the gravity of the whole event and how much it means to other people, not just as an athlete and golfer, you realise that a Gold Medal would feel very special.

"So yeah, you definitely want to try and win one. So I would definitely say it's higher on the list than I thought it would be, probably, growing up, yeah."

Charley Hull

Well on her way to becoming a global golfing icon, Charley Hull has been a hugely popular figure both in Europe and over in the USA ever since becoming the youngest ever Solheim Cup player in 2003 aged just 17.

This will be her second Olympic experience but she's got plenty in the Solheim Cup, with six appearances and four wins already under her belt.

Known for her attacking all-action style, Hull will be looking to improve on the T7 finish on her Olympic debut in Rio in 2016 after missing out on Tokyo last time.

Georgia Hall

It's a first Olympics for Georgia Hall, which is something of a surprise for the 2018 Women's Open champion at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

That was the same year that at just 22 she became the youngest ever to win successive LET Order of Merit titles - beating the legendary Dame Laura Davies by a  year.

Hall also has a royal accolade after being awarded an MBE for services to golf in 2019, but it's the Olympic medal that she really wants around her neck in Paris.