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Round 1 of the women’s golf competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics is underway at Le Golf National, and the third iteration of this Olympic event features a bevy of LPGA Tour stars.
The United States is represented by the top two golfers in the current world rankings — No. 1 Nelly Korda, the defending Olympic champion at the Tokyo Games, and No. 2 Lilia Vu. Former Stanford phenom and world No. 10 golfer Rose Zhang rounds out the American trio. Team USA and South Korea are the only countries with three golfers in the 60-woman field, and nine of the top 10 golfers in the world are participating this week.
This promises to be an exciting tournament and we’ll track it all for you here with a Round 1 live leaderboard throughout Wednesday’s action.
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Scores courtesy of the official Olympic leaderboard.
Below are the top 20 golfers, including ties, atop the leaderboard for Round 1. For full result, click here.
The 60-woman field at the Olympic golf tournament features nine of the top 10 golfers in the world at the moment, including Korda (No. 1), Vu (No. 2) and Zhang (No. 9). Amy Yang (No. 3) and Jin Young Ko (No. 4) of South Korea and China’s Ruoning Yin (No. 5) are also in the Olympics.
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, who won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games, is also back to make a run at that elusive gold medal.
No, the Olympics have no cut line, unlike most LPGA Tour events. All 60 players who started the tournament on Wednesday are still golfing on the final day of the tournament on Saturday.
Yes, Olympic golf does use a playoff to determine not only who wins gold, but also the silver and bronze medals, if necessary.
Here’s a look at the golf pairings and tee times for Round 1 at the 2024 Paris Olympics:
All times Eastern
The Golf Channel will broadcast women’s golf at the 2024 Paris Olympics at Le Golf National.
The first round of the women’s individual stroke play at the 2024 Paris Olympics can be streamed on the NBC app, NBC Olympic app, or NBCOlympics.com by logging in with your TV provider credentials.
You can also stream it on Fubo, which carries the Golf Channel and offers a free trial, or on Peacock.
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