Going for gold" Tommy Fleetwood (pictured_ and Matt Fitzpatrick are flying the flag for Team GB in the men's Olympic golf competition

MEN’S OLYMPIC GOLF TEE TIMES ANNOUNCED

Tee times for the first two rounds of the men’s Olympic golf competition have been released, with France’s Victor Perez hitting the opening tee shot at 9am on Thursday. (8am UK time)

Team GB’s Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick go off at 9.44am local time and 12.0pm on Thursday respectively, while the showpiece three-ball of world no.1 Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Åberg get their hunt for the gold medal under way at 10.11am (9.1am UK time).

TEE TIMES FOR ROUNDS 1 & 2

09:00 Thursday / 10:55 Friday: Victor Perez (France), Matti Schmid (Germany), C.T. Pan (Chinese Taipei)

09:11 Thursday / 11:06 Friday: Thorbjørn Olesen (Denmark), Alejandro Tosti (Argentina), Joaquin Niemann (Chile)

09:22 Thursday / 11:17 Friday: Emiliano Grillo (Argentina), Alex Noren (Sweden), Ryan Fox (New Zealand)

09:33 Thursday / 11:33 Friday: Min Woo Lee (Australia), Corey Conners (Canada), Christian Bezuidenhout (South Africa)

09:44 Thursday / 11:44 Friday: Wyndham Clark (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain)

09:55 Thursday / 11:55 Friday: Sepp Straka (Austria), Jason Day (Australia), Tom Kim (Korea)

10:11 Thursday / 12:06 Friday: Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Ireland), Ludvig Åberg (Sweden)

10:22 Thursday / 12:17 Friday: Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Belgium), Daniel Hillier (New Zealand), Guido Migliozzi (Italy)

10:33 Thursday / 12:28 Friday: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand), Gavin Green (Malaysia), Gaganjeet Bhullar (India)

10:44 Thursday / 12:39 Friday: Phachara Khongwatmai (Thailand), Abraham Ancer (Mexico), Dou Zecheng (China)

10:55 Thursday / 09:00 Friday: Yuan Yechun (China), Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Matteo Manassero (Italy)

11:06 Thursday / 09:11 Friday: Adrian Meronk (Poland), Sami Valimaki (Finland), David Puig (Spain)

11:17 Thursday / 09:22 Friday: Erik van Rooyen (South Africa), Keita Nakajima (Japan), Kevin Yu (Chinese Taipei)

11:33 Thursday / 09:33 Friday: Stephan Jaeger (Germany), Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark), Thomas Detry (Belgium)

11:44 Thursday / 9:44 Friday: Byeong Hun An (Korea), Shane Lowry (Ireland), Nick Taylor (Canada)

11:55 Thursday / 09:55 Friday: Xander Schauffele (USA), Viktor Hovland (Norway), Jon Rahm (Spain)

12:06 Thursday / 10:11 Friday: Matthieu Pavon (France), Collin Morikawa (USA), Matt Fitzpatrick (Great Britain)

12:17 Thursday / 10:22 Friday: Shubhankar Sharma (India), Rafael Campos (Puerto Rico), Carlos Ortiz (Mexico)

12:28 Thursday / 10:33 Friday: Nico Echavarria (Colombia), Mito Pereira (Chile), Kris Ventura (Norway)

12:39 Thursday / 10:44 Friday: Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay), Joel Girrbach (Switzerland), Tapio Pulkkanen (Finland)