Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

The women's individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 4 to 7 August 2021 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club. 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. 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.

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.

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 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 , approaching dangerous levels.

Rank Player Nation Score To par1 Madelene Sagström 66 −5T2 Aditi Ashok 67 −4 Nelly Korda T4 Matilda Castren 68 −3 Carlota Ciganda Ko Jin-young T7 Hsu Wei-ling 69 −2 Danielle Kang Kim Sei-young Min Lee Nanna Koerstz Madsen Azahara Muñoz Bianca Pagdanganan Inbee Park Klára Spilková

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. Rank Player Nation Score To par1 Nelly Korda 67-62=129 −13T2 Aditi Ashok 67-66=133 −9 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 69-64=133 Emily Kristine Pedersen 70-63=1335 Madelene Sagström 66-68=134 −8T6 Mone Inami 70-65=135 −7 Ko Jin-young 68-67=1358 Hannah Green 71-65=136 −6T9 Lydia Ko 70-67=137 −5 Lin Xiyu 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. Rank Player Nation Score To par1 Nelly Korda 67-62-69=198 −152 Aditi Ashok 67-66-68=201 −12T3 Hannah Green 71-65-67=203 −10 Mone Inami 70-65-68=203 Lydia Ko 70-67-66=203 Emily Kristine Pedersen 70-63-70=203T7 Nasa Hataoka 70-68-67=205 −8 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 69-64-72=205 Madelene Sagström 66-68-71=205T10 Matilda Castren 68-70-68=206 −7 Shanshan Feng 74-64-68=206 Kim Sei-young 69-69-68=206 Ko Jin-young 68-67-71=206 Lin Xiyu 71-66-69=206 Stephanie Meadow 72-66-68=206

Final round Saturday, 7 August 2021

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

Rank Player Nation Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total To par Nelly Korda 67 62 69 69 267 −17 Mone Inami 70 65 68 65 268 −16 Lydia Ko 70 67 66 65 4 Aditi Ashok 67 66 68 68 269 −15T5 Hannah Green 71 65 67 68 271 −13Emily Kristine Pedersen 70 63 70 68 7 Stephanie Meadow 72 66 68 66 272 −12 8 Shanshan Feng 74 64 68 67 273 −11T9 Nasa Hataoka 70 68 67 69 274 −10Kim Sei-young 69 69 68 68Ko Jin-young 68 67 71 68Lin Xiyu 71 66 69 68Nanna Koerstz Madsen 69 64 72 69Yuka Saso 74 68 67 65T15 Hsu Wei-ling 69 69 71 66 275 −9Kim Hyo-joo 70 68 70 67Jessica Korda 71 67 73 64T18 Matilda Castren 68 70 68 70 276 −8Albane Valenzuela 71 69 67 69T20 Danielle Kang 69 69 74 65 277 −7Sanna Nuutinen 70 68 69 70Madelene Sagström 66 68 71 72T23 María Fassi 73 70 68 68 279 −5Leona Maguire 71 67 70 71Anna Nordqvist 72 69 68 70Inbee Park 69 70 71 69Klára Spilková 69 70 71 69Patty Tavatanakit 71 71 69 68T29 Carlota Ciganda 68 73 70 69 280 −4Perrine Delacour 70 70 69 71Brooke Henderson 74 68 71 67Minjee Lee 71 68 73 68 33 Lexi Thompson 72 71 69 69 281 −3T34 Pia Babnik 71 71 73 67 282 −2Céline Boutier 73 68 72 69Min Lee 69 69 72 72Kelly Tan 73 73 72 64T38 Daniela Darquea 72 73 65 73 283 −1Gaby López 71 72 69 71T40 Caroline Masson 71 70 68 75 284 ESophia Popov 71 72 70 71Jodi Ewart Shadoff 74 68 70 72T43 Maha Haddioui 72 74 70 69 285 +1Ariya Jutanugarn 77 67 69 72Bianca Pagdanganan 69 71 71 74T46 Manon De Roey 71 67 74 74 286 +2Giulia Molinaro 75 71 70 70 48 Maria Torres 73 77 70 67 287 +3 49 Alena Sharp 74 71 69 75 289 +5T50 Tiffany Chan 77 74 69 70 290 +6Diksha Dagar 76 72 72 70Azahara Muñoz 69 76 73 72Mariajo Uribe 73 77 70 70 54 Kim Métraux 74 70 74 73 291 +7 55 Mel Reid 73 75 76 68 292 +8 56 Christine Wolf 71 72 81 73 297 +13 57 Anne van Dam 74 78 69 77 298 +14 58 Magdalena Simmermacher 76 70 78 76 300 +16 59 Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso 75 74 75 78 302 +18 60 Tonje Daffinrud 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.

References

External links Tokyo 2020 – Golf – Olympic Schedule & Results