Harig: Fraser makes most of Olympic opportunity

RIO DE JANEIRO -- As Australia cheered two of the game's best players picking off a handful of high-profile tournament titles earlier this year, Marcus Fraser could only dream about representing his homeland in the Olympic Golf Tournament.

Now he is leading it.

As silly as that might sound to the average golf fan who might not even know his name, it is just as mind-boggling to the veteran golfer from Corowa in New South Wales who shot 8-under-par 63 on Thursday at the Olympic Golf Course in the sport's return to the Games after 112 years.

With three career European Tour victories to his name, Australia's Marcus Fraser hopes to etch his name into the record books as he'll carry a 3-shot lead…