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Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

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Women's golf
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Golf course at Kasumigaseki Country Club
VenueKasumigaseki Country Club
Dates4–7 August 2021
Competitors60 from 35 nations
Winning score267 (−17)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nelly Korda  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mone Inami  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lydia Ko  New Zealand
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The women's individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 4 to 7 August 2021 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.[1] 60 golfers from 35 nations competed. Nelly Korda of the United States took gold, and Mone Inami of Japan and Lydia Ko of New Zealand tied for second with Inami taking the silver in a sudden-death playoff.[2] For Ko, it was her second consecutive Olympic medal after a silver in 2016.

Background

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The first Olympic golf tournaments took place at the second modern Games in Paris 1900. Men's and women's events were held. Golf was featured again at the next Games, St. Louis 1904 with men's events (an individual tournament as well as a team event). The 1908 Games in London were also supposed to have a golf competition, but a dispute led to a boycott by all of the host nation's golfers, leaving only a single international competitor and resulting in the cancellation of the event. Golf would disappear from the Olympic program until returning in 2016.[3]

Qualification

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Each nation can qualify from one to four golfers based on the World Rankings of 28 June 2021. The top 60 golfers, subject to limits per nation and guarantees for the host and continental representation, are selected. A nation can have three or four golfers if they are all in the top 15 of the rankings; otherwise, each nation is limited to two golfers. One spot is guaranteed for the host nation and five spots are guaranteed to ensure that each Olympic continent has at least one representative.

Competition format

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Following the format used when golf was returned to the Olympic programme in 2016, the tournament is a four-round stroke play tournament, with the lowest score over the total 72 holes winning.

Schedule

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As with most major stroke play tournaments, the event is held over four days (Wednesday through Saturday) with each golfer playing one round (18 holes) per day.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 4 August 2021 7:30 First round
Thursday, 5 August 2021 7:30 Second round
Friday, 6 August 2021 7:30 Third round
Saturday, 7 August 2021 6:30 Final round

Results

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First round

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Wednesday, 4 August 2021

Madelene Sagström of Sweden shot a 5-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Aditi Ashok of India and world number one Nelly Korda of the United States. Inbee Park, 2016 gold medalist, was three shots off the lead at 69. The heat index was over 100 °F (38 °C), approaching dangerous levels.[4]

Rank Player Nation Score To par
1 Madelene Sagström  Sweden 66 −5
T2 Aditi Ashok  India 67 −4
Nelly Korda  United States
T4 Matilda Castren  Finland 68 −3
Carlota Ciganda  Spain
Ko Jin-young  South Korea
T7 Hsu Wei-ling  Chinese Taipei 69 −2
Danielle Kang  United States
Kim Sei-young  South Korea
Min Lee  Chinese Taipei
Nanna Koerstz Madsen  Denmark
Azahara Muñoz  Spain
Bianca Pagdanganan  Philippines
Inbee Park  South Korea
Klára Spilková  Czech Republic

Second round

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Thursday, 5 August 2021

Nelly Korda took a four stroke lead after a second round of 62. Korda was 11-under-par after 17 holes but had a double-bogey at the final hole. Aditi Ashok, Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Emily Kristine Pedersen were tied for second place, with first round leader Madelene Sagström a further stroke behind, in fifth place.[5]

Rank Player Nation Score To par
1 Nelly Korda  United States 67-62=129 −13
T2 Aditi Ashok  India 67-66=133 −9
Nanna Koerstz Madsen  Denmark 69-64=133
Emily Kristine Pedersen  Denmark 70-63=133
5 Madelene Sagström  Sweden 66-68=134 −8
T6 Mone Inami  Japan 70-65=135 −7
Ko Jin-young  South Korea 68-67=135
8 Hannah Green  Australia 71-65=136 −6
T9 Lydia Ko  New Zealand 70-67=137 −5
Lin Xiyu  China 71-66=137

Third round

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Friday, 6 August 2021

Nelly Korda had a third round of 69 to lead by three strokes from Aditi Ashok, who birdied two of the last four holes. Four players, Hannah Green, Mone Inami, Lydia Ko and Emily Kristine Pedersen, were tied for third place, five behind Korda.[6]

Rank Player Nation Score To par
1 Nelly Korda  United States 67-62-69=198 −15
2 Aditi Ashok  India 67-66-68=201 −12
T3 Hannah Green  Australia 71-65-67=203 −10
Mone Inami  Japan 70-65-68=203
Lydia Ko  New Zealand 70-67-66=203
Emily Kristine Pedersen  Denmark 70-63-70=203
T7 Nasa Hataoka  Japan 70-68-67=205 −8
Nanna Koerstz Madsen  Denmark 69-64-72=205
Madelene Sagström  Sweden 66-68-71=205
T10 Matilda Castren  Finland 68-70-68=206 −7
Shanshan Feng  China 74-64-68=206
Kim Sei-young  South Korea 69-69-68=206
Ko Jin-young  South Korea 68-67-71=206
Lin Xiyu  China 71-66-69=206
Stephanie Meadow  Ireland 72-66-68=206

Final round

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Saturday, 7 August 2021

Mone Inami beat Lydia Ko in a sudden-death playoff for the silver medal.[2]

Rank Player Nation Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total To par
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nelly Korda  United States 67 62 69 69 267 −17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mone Inami  Japan 70 65 68 65 268 −16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lydia Ko  New Zealand 70 67 66 65
4 Aditi Ashok  India 67 66 68 68 269 −15
T5 Hannah Green  Australia 71 65 67 68 271 −13
Emily Kristine Pedersen  Denmark 70 63 70 68
7 Stephanie Meadow  Ireland 72 66 68 66 272 −12
8 Shanshan Feng  China 74 64 68 67 273 −11
T9 Nasa Hataoka  Japan 70 68 67 69 274 −10
Kim Sei-young  South Korea 69 69 68 68
Ko Jin-young  South Korea 68 67 71 68
Lin Xiyu  China 71 66 69 68
Nanna Koerstz Madsen  Denmark 69 64 72 69
Yuka Saso  Philippines 74 68 67 65
T15 Hsu Wei-ling  Chinese Taipei 69 69 71 66 275 −9
Kim Hyo-joo  South Korea 70 68 70 67
Jessica Korda  United States 71 67 73 64
T18 Matilda Castren  Finland 68 70 68 70 276 −8
Albane Valenzuela  Switzerland 71 69 67 69
T20 Danielle Kang  United States 69 69 74 65 277 −7
Sanna Nuutinen  Finland 70 68 69 70
Madelene Sagström  Sweden 66 68 71 72
T23 María Fassi  Mexico 73 70 68 68 279 −5
Leona Maguire  Ireland 71 67 70 71
Anna Nordqvist  Sweden 72 69 68 70
Inbee Park  South Korea 69 70 71 69
Klára Spilková  Czech Republic 69 70 71 69
Patty Tavatanakit  Thailand 71 71 69 68
T29 Carlota Ciganda  Spain 68 73 70 69 280 −4
Perrine Delacour  France 70 70 69 71
Brooke Henderson  Canada 74 68 71 67
Minjee Lee  Australia 71 68 73 68
33 Lexi Thompson  United States 72 71 69 69 281 −3
T34 Pia Babnik  Slovenia 71 71 73 67 282 −2
Céline Boutier  France 73 68 72 69
Min Lee  Chinese Taipei 69 69 72 72
Kelly Tan  Malaysia 73 73 72 64
T38 Daniela Darquea  Ecuador 72 73 65 73 283 −1
Gaby López  Mexico 71 72 69 71
T40 Caroline Masson  Germany 71 70 68 75 284 E
Sophia Popov  Germany 71 72 70 71
Jodi Ewart Shadoff  Great Britain 74 68 70 72
T43 Maha Haddioui  Morocco 72 74 70 69 285 +1
Ariya Jutanugarn  Thailand 77 67 69 72
Bianca Pagdanganan  Philippines 69 71 71 74
T46 Manon De Roey  Belgium 71 67 74 74 286 +2
Giulia Molinaro  Italy 75 71 70 70
48 Maria Torres  Puerto Rico 73 77 70 67 287 +3
49 Alena Sharp  Canada 74 71 69 75 289 +5
T50 Tiffany Chan  Hong Kong 77 74 69 70 290 +6
Diksha Dagar  India 76 72 72 70
Azahara Muñoz  Spain 69 76 73 72
Mariajo Uribe  Colombia 73 77 70 70
54 Kim Métraux  Switzerland 74 70 74 73 291 +7
55 Mel Reid  Great Britain 73 75 76 68 292 +8
56 Christine Wolf  Austria 71 72 81 73 297 +13
57 Anne van Dam  Netherlands 74 78 69 77 298 +14
58 Magdalena Simmermacher  Argentina 76 70 78 76 300 +16
59 Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso  Italy 75 74 75 78 302 +18
60 Tonje Daffinrud  Norway 81 73 81 74 309 +25

The medals for the competition were presented by Odette Assembe-Engoulou, Cameroon; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Annika Sörenstam, Sweden; IGF President.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Golf Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tokyo Olympics: USA's Nelly Korda wins gold on dramatic final day of golf competition". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Individual, Men (2016)". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Madelene Sagstrom holds one-shot lead after Olympic women's golf tournament opens amid searing heat". ESPN. Associated Press. 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Nelly Korda shoots a superb nine-under 62 to take a four-stroke lead in the women's Olympic golf". BBC Sport. 5 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Nelly Korda's lead cut to three by Aditi Ashok". BBC Sport. 6 August 2021.
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