Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's individual
| Women's golf at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Le Golf National (Albatros Course) | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 7–10 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 33 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 278 (−10) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's individual golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 7 to 10 August 2024 at the Le Golf National. 60 golfers from 33 nations competed.
Qualification
[edit]Competition format and schedule
[edit]All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 7 August 2024 | 9:00 | First round |
| Thursday, 8 August 2024 | 9:00 | Second round |
| Friday, 9 August 2024 | 9:00 | Third round |
| Saturday, 10 August 2024 | 9:00 | Final round |
Results
[edit]First round
[edit]Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Perrine Delacour of France had the honor of hitting the opening tee shot. Fellow French golfer Céline Boutier shot a seven-under-par round of 67 to take a three stroke lead over Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa. Only 12 players broke par and the scoring average was 74.1 (+3.1).[1]
| Rank | Player | Nation | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Céline Boutier |  France |
65 | −7 |
| 2 | Ashleigh Buhai |  South Africa |
68 | −4 |
| T3 | Gaby López |  Mexico |
70 | −2 |
| Morgane Métraux |  Switzerland
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| Mariajo Uribe |  Colombia
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| Lilia Vu |  United States
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| T7 | Celine Borge |  Norway |
71 | −1 |
| Diksha Dagar |  India
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| Minjee Lee |  Australia
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| Lin Xiyu |  China
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| Alena Sharp |  Canada
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| Miyū Yamashita |  Japan
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Second round
[edit]Thursday, 8 August 2024
Morgane Métraux of Switzerland shot a second round 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Yin Ruoning of China. First round leader Céline Boutier of France shot a 76 to fall five strokes off the lead. Defending gold medalist Nelly Korda was six strokes behind Métraux.[2]
| Rank | Player | Nation | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgane Métraux | Switzerland |
70-66=136 | −8 |
| 2 | Yin Ruoning | China |
72-65=137 | −7 |
| 3 | Lydia Ko |  New Zealand |
72-67=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Pia Babnik |  Slovenia |
74-66=140 | −4 |
| Mariajo Uribe | Colombia |
70-70=140 | ||
| T6 | Céline Boutier | France |
65-76=141 | −3 |
| Ashleigh Buhai | South Africa |
68-73=141 | ||
| Lin Xiyu | China |
71-70=141 | ||
| Bianca Pagdanganan |  Philippines |
72-69=141 | ||
| Atthaya Thitikul |  Thailand
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| Miyū Yamashita | Japan |
71-70=141 |
Third round
[edit]Friday, 9 August 2024
Lydia Ko of New Zealand shot a third round 68 to move into a tied with second round leader Morgane Métraux of Switzerland. Miyū Yamashita (Japan) and Rose Zhang (United States) were two strokes off the lead.[3]
| Rank | Player | Nation | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Lydia Ko | New Zealand |
72-67-68=207 | −9 |
| Morgane Métraux | Switzerland |
70-66-71=207 | ||
| T3 | Miyū Yamashita | Japan |
71-70-68=209 | −7 |
| Rose Zhang | United States |
72-70-67=209 | ||
| 5 | Atthaya Thitikul | Thailand |
72-69-69=210 | −6 |
| 6 | Mariajo Uribe | Colombia |
70-70-71=211 | −5 |
| T7 | Céline Boutier | France |
65-76-71=212 | −4 |
| Nelly Korda | United States |
72-70-70=212 | ||
| Lin Xiyu | China |
71-70-71=212 | ||
| Yin Ruoning | China |
72-65-75=212 |
Final round
[edit]Saturday, 10 August 2024
Lydia Ko of New Zealand shot a final round 71 to take the gold medal by two strokes. Esther Henseleit of Germany shot a 66, the second best round of the day, to win the silver medal and Lin Xiyu of China took the bronze medal, one stroke behind Henseleit. Ko had previously won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics. The win also earned Ko entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame by providing the final point she needed for automatic qualification.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "French golfer Celine Boutier leads Olympic women's golf by 3". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Switzerland's Morgane Metraux seizes lead in Olympic golf". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Lydia Ko tied for lead, but Rose Zhang and Nelly Korda still lurking". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Lydia Ko wins Olympic gold, qualifies for LPGA Hall of Fame". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 August 2024.
- ^ Kellam, Sarah (10 August 2024). "New Zealand's Lydia Ko is Gold Medalist, LPGA Hall of Famer at Long Last". LPGA.
