Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

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Women's golf
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Kasumigaseki Country Club Aerial photograph.1989.jpg
Golf course at Kasumigaseki Country Club
Venue Kasumigaseki Country Club
Dates4–7 August 2021
Competitors60 from 35 nations
Winning score267 (−17)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nelly Korda Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Mone Inami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Lydia Ko Flag of New Zealand.svg  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

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

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

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

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)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 4 August 20217:30First round
Thursday, 5 August 20217:30Second round
Friday, 6 August 20217:30Third round
Saturday, 7 August 20216:30Final round

Results

First round

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]

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

Second round

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]

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

Third round

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]

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

Final round

Saturday, 7 August 2021

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

RankPlayerNationRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4TotalTo par
Gold medal icon.svg Nelly Korda Flag of the United States.svg  United States 67626969267−17
Silver medal icon.svg Mone Inami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 70656865268−16
Bronze medal icon.svg Lydia Ko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 70676665
4 Aditi Ashok Flag of India.svg  India 67666868269−15
T5 Hannah Green Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 71656768271−13
Emily Kristine Pedersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 70637068
7 Stephanie Meadow Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 72666866272−12
8 Shanshan Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 74646867273−11
T9 Nasa Hataoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 70686769274−10
Kim Sei-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 69696868
Ko Jin-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 68677168
Lin Xiyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 71666968
Nanna Koerstz Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 69647269
Yuka Saso Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 74686765
T15 Hsu Wei-ling Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 69697166275−9
Kim Hyo-joo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 70687067
Jessica Korda Flag of the United States.svg  United States 71677364
T18 Matilda Castren Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 68706870276−8
Albane Valenzuela Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 71696769
T20 Danielle Kang Flag of the United States.svg  United States 69697465277−7
Sanna Nuutinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 70686970
Madelene Sagström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 66687172
T23 María Fassi Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 73706868279−5
Leona Maguire Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 71677071
Anna Nordqvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 72696870
Inbee Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 69707169
Klára Spilková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 69707169
Patty Tavatanakit Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 71716968
T29 Carlota Ciganda Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 68737069280−4
Perrine Delacour Flag of France.svg  France 70706971
Brooke Henderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 74687167
Minjee Lee Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 71687368
33 Lexi Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 72716969281−3
T34 Pia Babnik Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 71717367282−2
Céline Boutier Flag of France.svg  France 73687269
Min Lee Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 69697272
Kelly Tan Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 73737264
T38 Daniela Darquea Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 72736573283−1
Gaby López Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 71726971
T40 Caroline Masson Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 71706875284E
Sophia Popov Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 71727071
Jodi Ewart Shadoff Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 74687072
T43 Maha Haddioui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 72747069285+1
Ariya Jutanugarn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 77676972
Bianca Pagdanganan Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 69717174
T46 Manon De Roey Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 71677474286+2
Giulia Molinaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 75717070
48 Maria Torres Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 73777067287+3
49 Alena Sharp Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 74716975289+5
T50 Tiffany Chan Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 77746970290+6
Diksha Dagar Flag of India.svg  India 76727270
Azahara Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 69767372
Mariajo Uribe Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 73777070
54 Kim Métraux Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 74707473291+7
55 Mel Reid Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 73757668292+8
56 Christine Wolf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 71728173297+13
57 Anne van Dam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 74786977298+14
58 Magdalena Simmermacher Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 76707876300+16
59 Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 75747578302+18
60 Tonje Daffinrud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 81738174309+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 ]

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