Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's individual explained

Event:	Women's golf
Games:	2024 Summer
Venue:	Le Golf National (Albatros Course)
Dates:	7–10 August 2024
Competitors:	60
Nations:	33
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	278 (−10)
Gold:	Lydia Ko
Goldnoc:	NZL
Silver:	Esther Henseleit
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Lin Xiyu
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2020
Next:	2028

The women's individual golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 7 to 10 August 2024 at the Le Golf National. 60 golfers from 33 nations competed.

Qualification

See main article: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Competition format and schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 7 August 2024	9:00	First round
Thursday, 8 August 2024	9:00	Second round
Friday, 9 August 2024	9:00	Third round
Saturday, 10 August 2024	9:00	Final round

Results

First round

Wednesday, 7 August 2024

Perrine Delacour of France had the honor of hitting the opening tee shot. Fellow French golfer Céline Boutier shot a seven-under-par round of 67 to take a three stroke lead over Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa. Only 12 players broke par and the scoring average was 74.1 (+3.1).^[1]

Rank	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1			65	−7
2			68	−4
T3			70	−2
T7			71	−1

Second round

Thursday, 8 August 2024

Morgane Métraux of Switzerland shot a second round 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Yin Ruoning of China. First round leader Céline Boutier of France shot a 76 to fall five strokes off the lead. Defending gold medalist Nelly Korda was six strokes behind Métraux.^[2]

Rank	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1			70-66=136	−8
2			72-65=137	−7
3			72-67=139	−5
T4			74-66=140	−4
		70-70=140
T6			65-76=141	−3
		68-73=141
		71-70=141
		72-69=141
		71-70=141

Third round

Friday, 9 August 2024

Lydia Ko of New Zealand shot a third round 68 to move into a tied with second round leader Morgane Métraux of Switzerland. Miyū Yamashita (Japan) and Rose Zhang (United States) were two strokes off the lead.^[3]

Rank	Player	Nation	Score	To par
align=center rowspan=2	T1			72-67-68=207	align=center rowspan=2	−9
		70-66-71=207
align=center rowspan=2	T3			71-70-68=209	align=center rowspan=2	−7
		72-70-67=209
5			72-69-69=210	−6
6			70-70-71=211	−5
align=center rowspan=4	T7			65-76-71=212	align=center rowspan=4	−4
		72-70-70=212
		71-70-71=212
		72-65-75=212

Final round

Saturday, 10 August 2024

Lydia Ko of New Zealand shot a final round 71 to take the gold medal by two strokes. Esther Henseleit of Germany shot a 66, the second best round of the day, to win the silver medal and Lin Xiyu of China took the bronze medal, one stroke behind Henseleit. Ko had previously won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics. The win also earned Ko entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame by providing the final point she needed for automatic qualification.^{[4] [5]}

data-sort-type=number	Rank !	Player	Nation	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	To par
			72	67	68	71	278	−10
			72	73	69	66	280	−8
			71	70	71	69	281	−7
T4			72	69	73	68	282	−6
			77	70	66	69
			72	71	70	69
			71	70	68	73
T8			74	69	72	68	283	−5
			72	70	67	74
T10			72	72	71	69	284	−4
			72	65	75	72
			70	70	71	73
T13			72	74	74	65	285	−3
			76	72	69	68
			68	73	74	70
			78	69	69	69
			74	73	67	71
T18			76	71	71	68	286	−2
			65	76	71	74
			72	69	69	76
			70	66	71	79
T22			71	74	71	71	287	−1
			74	66	74	73
			72	70	70	75
T25			76	70	73	69	288
			73	73	73	69
T27			81	71	69	68	289	+1
			74	71	73	71
T29			72	71	79	68	290	+2
			75	70	75	70
			70	74	76	70
			71	73	75	71
			72	75	71	72
			76	71	68	75
35			76	75	71	70	292	+4
T36			74	75	72	72	293	+5
			70	73	76	74
			74	74	71	74
39			78	74	72	70	294	+6
40			78	70	73	74	295	+7
41			77	73	70	76	296	+8
T42			79	78	74	66	297	+9
			71	76	77	73
T44			73	79	75	72	299	+11
			78	73	76	72
			75	74	78	72
T47			76	73	76	75	300	+12
			75	73	73	79
T49			77	72	76	76	301	+13
			73	78	75	75
			71	72	80	78
52			78	75	77	73	303	+15
53			75	76	77	76	304	+16
54			77	74	72	82	305	+17
T55			72	77	79	78	306	+18
			73	77	79	77
57			82	72	81	72	307	+19
58			78	82	74	75	309	+21
59			78	79	83	71	311	+23
WD			84	82	78	data-sort-value=99		data-sort-value=999	244

Notes and References

1. News: French golfer Celine Boutier leads Olympic women's golf by 3 . ESPN . Associated Press . 7 August 2024.
2. News: Switzerland's Morgane Metraux seizes lead in Olympic golf . ESPN . Associated Press . 8 August 2024.
3. News: Lydia Ko tied for lead, but Rose Zhang and Nelly Korda still lurking . ESPN . Associated Press . 9 August 2024.
4. News: Lydia Ko wins Olympic gold, qualifies for LPGA Hall of Fame . ESPN . Associated Press . 10 August 2024.
5. Web site: New Zealand’s Lydia Ko is Gold Medalist, LPGA Hall of Famer at Long Last . LPGA . Sarah . Kellam . 10 August 2024.