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Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

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Women's golf
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueLe Golf National (Albatros Course)
Dates7–10 August 2024
Competitors60 from 33 nations
Winning score278 (−10)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lydia Ko  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Esther Henseleit  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lin Xiyu  China
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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

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Competition format and schedule

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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

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First round

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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
Mariajo Uribe  Colombia
Lilia Vu  United States
T7 Celine Borge  Norway 71 −1
Diksha Dagar  India
Minjee Lee  Australia
Lin Xiyu  China
Alena Sharp  Canada
Miyū Yamashita  Japan

Second round

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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
Miyū Yamashita  Japan 71-70=141

Third round

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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

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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]

Rank Player Nation Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total To par
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lydia Ko  New Zealand 72 67 68 71 278 −10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Esther Henseleit  Germany 72 73 69 66 280 −8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lin Xiyu  China 71 70 71 69 281 −7
T4 Bianca Pagdanganan  Philippines 72 69 73 68 282 −6
Hannah Green  Australia 77 70 66 69
Amy Yang  South Korea 72 71 70 69
Miyū Yamashita  Japan 71 70 68 73
T8 Hsu Wei-ling  Chinese Taipei 74 69 72 68 283 −5
Rose Zhang  United States 72 70 67 74
T10 Maja Stark  Sweden 72 72 71 69 284 −4
Yin Ruoning  China 72 65 75 72
Mariajo Uribe  Colombia 70 70 71 73
T13 Albane Valenzuela  Switzerland 72 74 74 65 285 −3
Dottie Ardina  Philippines 76 72 69 68
Ashleigh Buhai  South Africa 68 73 74 70
Azahara Muñoz  Spain 78 69 69 69
Brooke Henderson  Canada 74 73 67 71
T18 Pei-Yun Chien  Chinese Taipei 76 71 71 68 286 −2
Céline Boutier  France 65 76 71 74
Atthaya Thitikul  Thailand 72 69 69 76
Morgane Métraux  Switzerland 70 66 71 79
T22 Minjee Lee  Australia 71 74 71 71 287 −1
Pia Babnik  Slovenia 74 66 74 73
Nelly Korda  United States 72 70 70 75
T25 Kim Hyo-joo  South Korea 76 70 73 69 288 E
Ko Jin-young  South Korea 73 73 73 69
T27 Charley Hull  Great Britain 81 71 69 68 289 +1
Linn Grant  Sweden 74 71 73 71
T29 Aditi Ashok  India 72 71 79 68 290 +2
Emma Spitz  Austria 75 70 75 70
Gaby López  Mexico 70 74 76 70
Celine Borge  Norway 71 73 75 71
Manon De Roey  Belgium 72 75 71 72
Patty Tavatanakit  Thailand 76 71 68 75
35 Alexandra Försterling  Germany 76 75 71 70 292 +4
T36 Nanna Koerstz Madsen  Denmark 74 75 72 72 293 +5
Lilia Vu  United States 70 73 76 74
Georgia Hall  Great Britain 74 74 71 74
39 Stephanie Meadow  Ireland 78 74 72 70 294 +6
40 Shannon Tan  Singapore 78 70 73 74 295 +7
41 Klára Spilková  Czech Republic 77 73 70 76 296 +8
T42 Perrine Delacour  France 79 78 74 66 297 +9
Alena Sharp  Canada 71 76 77 73
T44 Emily Kristine Pedersen  Denmark 73 79 75 72 299 +11
Paula Reto  South Africa 78 73 76 72
Anne van Dam  Netherlands 75 74 78 72
T47 Madelene Stavnar  Norway 76 73 76 75 300 +12
Sarah Schober  Austria 75 73 73 79
T49 Ana Belac  Slovenia 77 72 76 76 301 +13
Carlota Ciganda  Spain 73 78 75 75
Diksha Dagar  India 71 72 80 78
52 Ines Laklalech  Morocco 78 75 77 73 303 +15
53 Alessandra Fanali  Italy 75 76 77 76 304 +16
54 Yuka Saso  Japan 77 74 72 82 305 +17
T55 Ashley Lau  Malaysia 72 77 79 78 306 +18
Sára Kousková  Czech Republic 73 77 79 77
57 Ursula Wikström  Finland 82 72 81 72 307 +19
58 María Fassi  Mexico 78 82 74 75 309 +21
59 Leona Maguire  Ireland 78 79 83 71 311 +23
WD Noora Komulainen  Finland 84 82 78 DNF 244 DNF

References

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  1. ^ "French golfer Celine Boutier leads Olympic women's golf by 3". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Switzerland's Morgane Metraux seizes lead in Olympic golf". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Lydia Ko tied for lead, but Rose Zhang and Nelly Korda still lurking". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Lydia Ko wins Olympic gold, qualifies for LPGA Hall of Fame". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 August 2024.
  5. ^ Kellam, Sarah (10 August 2024). "New Zealand's Lydia Ko is Gold Medalist, LPGA Hall of Famer at Long Last". LPGA.