Collin Morikawa is the favorite heading into the week at Kasumigaseki Country Club.
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After five long years of waiting, the summer Olympics are back in Tokyo, and with them bring the return of the men’s Olympic Golf competition. In just the second Olympics since golf’s grand reintroduction to the Games at Rio in 2016, a limited field of many of the best players in the world will compete for a gold medal in Tokyo.
Still, the Tokyo games bring with them a host of unique differences from 2016, chief among them being the venue. Unlike 2016, in which Gil Hanse was tasked with developing a golf course for Olympic competition, the Tokyo Olympics will be contested at a long-standing club on the outskirts of the city, Kasumigaseki Country Club. The course, which has been remodeled by both C.H. Alison and Tom Fazio in its 95-year history, has a long-standing tradition as one of the area’s best (and most exclusive clubs). It has hosted various junior and amateur golf events over the years, but certainly nothing to the degree of the Olympic Games.
As for the favorite to win at Kasumigaseki, that honor would belong to Collin Morikawa. The 24-year-old is fresh off the biggest win of his professional career to date at the Open Championship — the second major of his young career to date. What’s more, his putting (a long-standing weakness) was among his greatest strengths throughout the week at Royal St. George’s. A continuation of that trend could make Morikawa a scary player in the months and years to come. BetMGM puts him at 7/1 odds in the revamped field following the untimely exits of Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau.
Some other big names to watch out for: Xander Schauffele at 9/1, Rory McIlroy at 12/1, and local favorite Hideki Matsuyama, also at 12/1.
Below, find the complete list of odds to win for every member of the field.
Olympic Golf odds to win
Rory McIlroy +1400 Xander Schauffele +900 Collin Morikawa +700 Justin Thomas +1100 Viktor Hovland +1200 Hideki Matsuyama +1200 Patrick Reed +1800 Abraham Ancer +2200 Paul Casey +1600 Shane Lowry +2500 Cameron Smith +2200 Joaquin Niemann +2200 Sungjae Im +2500 Corey Conners +2200 Tommy Fleetwood +3000 Marc Leishman +4000 Si Woo Kim +4000 Christiaan Bezuidenhout +4000 Garrick Higgo +5000 Guido Migliozzi +5000 Jhonattan Vegas +5000 Thomas Pieters +6600 Carlos Ortiz +6600 Alex Noren +5000 Rikuya Hoshino +10000 Matthias Schwab +12500 Antoine Rozner +8000 Ryan Fox +12500 Thomas Detry +8000 Rasmus Hojgaard +15000 Mackenzie Hughes +6600 Sebastian Munoz +6600 C.T. Pan +15000 Mito Pereira +8000 Kalle Samooja +25000 Rory Sabbatini +20000 Sepp Straka +15000 Henrik Norlander +10000 Joachim B. Hansen +30000 Sami Valimaki +30000 Adrian Meronk +25000 Maximilian Kieffer +25000 Carl Yuan +15000 Jazz Janewattananond +12500 Ashun Wu +35000 Anirban Lahiri +15000 Scott Vincent +25000 Fabrizio Zanotti +30000 Rafael Campos +35000 Gunn Charoenkul +50000 Ondrej Lieser +75000 Juvic Pagunsan +50000 Gavin Green +50000 Hurly Long +40000 Kristian Krogh Johannessen +40000 Adri Arnaus +20000 Romain Langasque +20000 Udayan Mane +100000 Renato Paratore +25000 Jorge Campillo +30000
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James Colgan is a news and features editor at GOLF, writing stories for the website and magazine. He manages the Hot Mic, GOLF’s media vertical, and utilizes his on-camera experience across the brand’s platforms. Prior to joining GOLF, James graduated from Syracuse University, during which time he was a caddie scholarship recipient (and astute looper) on Long Island, where he is from. He can be reached at james.colgan@golf.com.
