Despite boasting three of the four players in the field, not a single American is inside the top 10 after the opening round of the Olympics.
Xander Schauffele and Patrick Reed led the way for Team USA on Day 1, with each carding a 3-under 68 that put them in a tie for 12th, five shots off the lead of Austria’s Sepp Straka.
Open champion Collin Morikawa turned in a 69, while Justin Thomas made par on all 18 holes for a 71.
SCHAUFFELE (-3, T-12)
Schauffele, whose grandparents live in Tokyo and who has visited the country more than a dozen times, took advantage of the scoreable conditions but dropped a shot on the last when he couldn’t get up-and-down from left of the green.