Le Golf National
Olympic golf begins today at le Golf National! This highly renowned course opened in 1990 and has hosted Ryder Cup and French Open events. The best golfers in the world will try their hand at mastering it’s famed course, Albatros, known for its water hazards and overall difficulty. One great golfer will be taking home a gold medal, maybe to one of the homes on VGT!
Rory McIlroy
Having spent more than 100 weeks as the number-one golfer in the world, Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy will surely be one of the favorites to win a medal in Paris. He competed in the Tokyo Olympics and was one of seven golfers who competed in a sudden-death tiebreaker for the Bronze, which was ultimately won by Pan Cheng-tsung of Chinese Taipei. McIloroy’s hoping for better results this time around!
Rory McIlroy is one of the highest-paid athletes on the planet, earning $40-50 million per year from tournament winnings and endorsements, including a $100-million deal with TaylorMade. His net worth is estimated to be $170 million. His current home is in the golf-mecca Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Florida. It is a massive 12,800-square-foot mansion on 2.4 acres. He bought the house from golfer Ernie Els for $10 million in 2017.
Scottie Scheffler
Appearing in his first Olympics, American Scottie Scheffler is coming off a 2024 Masters victory and one is of the hottest golfers coming into Paris. Scheffler’s net worth is $90 million. He has earned $60 million in prize money, with the rest coming from endorsements with brands such as TaylorMade, Nike, and Rolex. Scottie Scheffler’s house is a relatively modest $2.1-million home in Dallas, Texas. Having turned down a reported $150-million deal to join the LIV golf league, it is clear that there are more important things than money for Scheffler, perhaps Olympic glory?
Jason Day
Though he qualified for the Olympics in 2016 (the first time since 1904 that golf was an Olympic sport), Asutralian golfer Jason Day withdrew from competition due to concerns about the Zika virus in Brazil (Day’s wife was pregnant at the time). Injuries and sub-par play prevented his qualification in 2020, but he has qualified in 2024. The long journey to Olympic competition should fuel Day, who won the 2015 PGA Championship and is a former number-one-ranked golfer. His 5,800-square-foot Ohio home boasts 400 feet of reservoir frontage. He bought the home in 2010 for $2.425 million and lives there with his wife and four children. Jason Day’s net worth is $50 million.
Check in with VGT throughout the Olympics! We’ll be featuring more Olympians and their luxurious homes throughout the event.