RIO DE JANEIRO – Graham DeLaet picked up right where Canada left off in the last Olympic golf competition, perched near the top of a leaderboard in his quest to win the country’s second gold medal.
That Canada’s reign as Olympic golf champions has stretched 112 years was nothing DeLaet seemed interested in addressing.
“We are the defending champions,” DeLaet said with a sly smile after a first-round 66 left him alone in second place early on Day 1 at the Olympic Golf Course.
Technically, DeLaet was correct. Canadian George Lyon won the individual competition at the 1904 Games in St.