Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's individual
March 03, 2023
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, Mone Inami of Japan and Lydia Ko of New Zealand tied for second with Inami taking the silver in a sudden-death playoff.[2]
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 programme from then until returning in 2016.[3]
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]
^ ab"Golf Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ ab"Tokyo Olympics: USA's Nelly Korda wins gold on dramatic final day of golf competition". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021.
^"Individual, Men (2016)". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^"Madelene Sagstrom holds one-shot lead after Olympic women's golf tournament opens amid searing heat". ESPN. Associated Press. 4 August 2021.
^"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.
^"Tokyo Olympics: Nelly Korda's lead cut to three by Aditi Ashok". BBC Sport. 6 August 2021.
External links
Tokyo 2020 – Golf – Olympic Schedule & Results 11 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
March 03, 2023
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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 Mone Inami of Japan and Lydia Ko of New Zealand tied for second with Inami taking the silver in a sudden death playoff 2 Women s golfat the Games of the XXXII OlympiadGolf course at Kasumigaseki Country ClubVenueKasumigaseki Country ClubDates4 7 August 2021Competitors60 from 35 nationsWinning score267 17 MedalistsNelly Korda United StatesMone Inami JapanLydia Ko New Zealand 20162024 Contents 1 Background 2 Qualification 3 Competition format 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 First round 5 2 Second round 5 3 Third round 5 4 Final round 6 References 7 External linksBackground EditThe 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 programme from then until returning in 2016 3 Qualification EditMain article Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics 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 EditFollowing 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 EditAs 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 RoundWednesday 4 August 2021 7 30 First roundThursday 5 August 2021 7 30 Second roundFriday 6 August 2021 7 30 Third roundSaturday 7 August 2021 6 30 Final roundResults EditFirst round Edit Wednesday 4 August 2021Madelene Sagstrom 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 Nationality Score To par1 Madelene Sagstrom Sweden 66 5T2 Aditi Ashok India 67 4Nelly Korda United StatesT4 Matilda Castren Finland 68 3Carlota Ciganda SpainKo Jin young South KoreaT7 Hsu Wei ling Chinese Taipei 69 2Danielle Kang United StatesKim Sei young South KoreaMin Lee Chinese TaipeiNanna Koerstz Madsen DenmarkAzahara Munoz SpainBianca Pagdanganan PhilippinesInbee Park South KoreaKlara Spilkova Czech RepublicSecond round Edit Thursday 5 August 2021Nelly 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 Sagstrom a further stroke behind in fifth place 5 Rank Player Nationality Score To par1 Nelly Korda United States 67 62 129 13T2 Aditi Ashok India 67 66 133 9Nanna Koerstz Madsen Denmark 69 64 133Emily Kristine Pedersen Denmark 70 63 1335 Madelene Sagstrom Sweden 66 68 134 8T6 Mone Inami Japan 70 65 135 7Ko Jin young South Korea 68 67 1358 Hannah Green Australia 71 65 136 6T9 Lydia Ko New Zealand 70 67 137 5Lin Xiyu China 71 66 137Third round Edit Friday 6 August 2021Nelly 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 Nationality Score To par1 Nelly Korda United States 67 62 69 198 152 Aditi Ashok India 67 66 68 201 12T3 Hannah Green Australia 71 65 67 203 10Mone Inami Japan 70 65 68 203Lydia Ko New Zealand 70 67 66 203Emily Kristine Pedersen Denmark 70 63 70 203T7 Nasa Hataoka Japan 70 68 67 205 8Nanna Koerstz Madsen Denmark 69 64 72 205Madelene Sagstrom Sweden 66 68 71 205T10 Matilda Castren Finland 68 70 68 206 7Shanshan Feng China 74 64 68 206Kim Sei young South Korea 69 69 68 206Ko Jin young South Korea 68 67 71 206Lin Xiyu China 71 66 69 206Stephanie Meadow Ireland 72 66 68 206Final round Edit Saturday 7 August 2021Mone 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 Nelly Korda United States 67 62 69 69 267 17 Mone Inami Japan 70 65 68 65 268 16 Lydia Ko New Zealand 70 67 66 654 Aditi Ashok India 67 66 68 68 269 15T5 Hannah Green Australia 71 65 67 68 271 13Emily Kristine Pedersen Denmark 70 63 70 687 Stephanie Meadow Ireland 72 66 68 66 272 128 Shanshan Feng China 74 64 68 67 273 11T9 Nasa Hataoka Japan 70 68 67 69 274 10Kim Sei young South Korea 69 69 68 68Ko Jin young South Korea 68 67 71 68Lin Xiyu China 71 66 69 68Nanna Koerstz Madsen Denmark 69 64 72 69Yuka Saso Philippines 74 68 67 65T15 Hsu Wei ling Chinese Taipei 69 69 71 66 275 9Kim Hyo joo South Korea 70 68 70 67Jessica Korda United States 71 67 73 64T18 Matilda Castren Finland 68 70 68 70 276 8Albane Valenzuela Switzerland 71 69 67 69T20 Danielle Kang United States 69 69 74 65 277 7Sanna Nuutinen Finland 70 68 69 70Madelene Sagstrom Sweden 66 68 71 72T23 Maria Fassi Mexico 73 70 68 68 279 5Leona Maguire Ireland 71 67 70 71Anna Nordqvist Sweden 72 69 68 70Inbee Park South Korea 69 70 71 69Klara Spilkova Czech Republic 69 70 71 69Patty Tavatanakit Thailand 71 71 69 68T29 Carlota Ciganda Spain 68 73 70 69 280 4Perrine Delacour France 70 70 69 71Brooke Henderson Canada 74 68 71 67Minjee Lee Australia 71 68 73 6833 Lexi Thompson United States 72 71 69 69 281 3T34 Pia Babnik Slovenia 71 71 73 67 282 2Celine Boutier France 73 68 72 69Min Lee Chinese Taipei 69 69 72 72Kelly Tan Malaysia 73 73 72 64T38 Daniela Darquea Ecuador 72 73 65 73 283 1Gaby Lopez Mexico 71 72 69 71T40 Caroline Masson Germany 71 70 68 75 284 ESophia Popov Germany 71 72 70 71Jodi Ewart Shadoff Great Britain 74 68 70 72T43 Maha Haddioui Morocco 72 74 70 69 285 1Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand 77 67 69 72Bianca Pagdanganan Philippines 69 71 71 74T46 Manon De Roey Belgium 71 67 74 74 286 2Giulia Molinaro Italy 75 71 70 7048 Maria Torres Puerto Rico 73 77 70 67 287 349 Alena Sharp Canada 74 71 69 75 289 5T50 Tiffany Chan Hong Kong 77 74 69 70 290 6Diksha Dagar India 76 72 72 70Azahara Munoz Spain 69 76 73 72Mariajo Uribe Colombia 73 77 70 7054 Kim Metraux Switzerland 74 70 74 73 291 755 Mel Reid Great Britain 73 75 76 68 292 856 Christine Wolf Austria 71 72 81 73 297 1357 Anne van Dam Netherlands 74 78 69 77 298 1458 Magdalena Simmermacher Argentina 76 70 78 76 300 1659 Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso Italy 75 74 75 78 302 1860 Tonje Daffinrud Norway 81 73 81 74 309 25The medals for the competition were presented by Odette Assembe Engoulou Cameroon IOC Member and the medalists bouquets were presented by Annika Sorenstam Sweden IGF President citation needed References Edit a b Golf Competition Schedule Tokyo 2020 Retrieved 30 March 2021 a b Tokyo Olympics USA s Nelly Korda wins gold on dramatic final day of golf competition BBC Sport 7 August 2021 Individual Men 2016 Olympedia Retrieved 30 March 2021 Madelene Sagstrom holds one shot lead after Olympic women s golf tournament opens amid searing heat ESPN Associated Press 4 August 2021 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 Tokyo Olympics Nelly Korda s lead cut to three by Aditi Ashok BBC Sport 6 August 2021 External links EditTokyo 2020 Golf Olympic Schedule amp Results Archived 11 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics Women 27s individual amp oldid 1116592883, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
