RIO DE JANIERO -- Adilson da Silva of Brazil will hit the first tee shot to begin the men's Olympic golf tournament on Thursday morning.
Da Silva, 44, is a 12-time winner on South Africa's Sunshine Tour who has more than 40 professional victories, is ranked 288th in the world and will be grouped for the first two rounds with Canada's Graham DeLaet and South Korea's Byeong-Hun An. They begin play at 6:30 a.m. ET.
Golf has returned to the Olympic Games for the first time since 1904 with a 72-hole stroke-play tournament that concludes Sunday.
Reigning Open champion Henrik Stenson, the highest-ranked player in the field at No 5 in the world, will be in the last group to tee off at 10:09 a.m. (ET). He will play the first two rounds with Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee and Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello.
Masters champion Danny Willett will play with American Matt Kuchar and China's Haotong Li; two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson will play with Germany's Martin Kaymer and India's Anirban Lahiri; Sergio Garcia is grouped with American Patrick Reed and Argentina's Emiliano Grillo; and Rickie Fowler will play the first two rounds with England's Justin Rose and Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas.
There are 60 players in the field, and all will begin off the Olympic Golf Course first tee.
