Olympic Women’s Golf competition R1

2020 Olympics – Women’s R1
August 04-07
Kasumigaseki CC, Saitama, Japan
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom opened with a bogey-free 66 to take a one shot lead in the Olympic Women’s Golf competition at Kasumigaseki Country Club.

She started her round with a birdie on the first hole, followed by consecutive birdies on the 5th and 6th then two more at the 9th and 10th to reach 5-under.

2020 Olympics – Women’s R1

“I would say mostly the short game was kind of my saviour. I was striking the ball alright but not great, so having a strong short game and just giving myself chances – solid par chances was the key to my round today.

“This course is beautiful. The condition of it has been perfect from the start. I like long golf courses in general and it fits my game really well. I’m very excited with the layout, it suits my eye, and the greens are rolling phenomenal which works with my putting too.”

2020 Olympics – Women’s R1

World number one Nelly Korda of the USA and India’s Aditi Ashok share second place after both shot 67s.

“I’m hoping I’m in total control, it’s golf at the end of the day,” said Kora. “I kind of sprayed some shots out to the right on my last two holes with my irons, but you’re going to have that. You’re going to lose a little bit of concentration, but I’m going to go to the range after I cool off inside for a bit and then try and work on it.”

2020 Olympics – Women’s R1

Ashok is competing at her second Olympic Games having made her debut in 2016..

“Last time I think it was more just enjoying the experience and staying at the village, seeing all the other athletes, but this time I think I’m definitely here to have a good finish, hopefully give my best, try and win a medal.

“I think having played the Olympics once definitely gets you more prepared, you’re still not as overawed by it. I mean it’s still the Olympics, it’s still really exciting but definitely more prepared for this one.”

Finland’s Matilda Castren, Spain’s Carlota Ciganda and South Korea’s Jin Young Ko are tied in fourth place at 3-under.

2020 Olympics – Women’s R1

Pos.	Player	R1
1	Madelene Sagstrom	66
T2	Nelly Korda	67
T2	Aditi Ashok	67
T4	Jin Young Ko	68
T4	Matilda Castren	68
T4	Carlota Ciganda	68
T7	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	69
T7	Wei-Ling Hsu	69
T7	Danielle Kang	69
T7	Sei Young Kim	69
T7	Min Lee	69
T7	In Bee Park	69
T7	Klara Spilkova	69
T7	Bianca Pagdanganan	69
T7	Azahara Munoz	69
T16	Emily Kristine Pedersen	70
T16	Mone Inami	70
T16	Lydia Ko	70
T16	Hyo-Joo Kim	70
T16	Nasa Hataoka	70
T16	Sanna Nuutinen	70
T16	Perrine Delacour	70
T23	Hannah Green	71
T23	Xiyu Lin	71
T23	Jessica Korda	71
T23	Leona Maguire	71
T23	Manon De Roey	71
T23	Minjee Lee	71
T23	Albane Valenzuela	71
T23	Caroline Masson	71
T23	Patty Tavatanakit	71
T23	Pia Babnik	71
T23	Gaby Lopez	71
T23	Sophia Popov	71
T23	Christine Wolf	71
T36	Stephanie Meadow	72
T36	Anna Nordqvist	72
T36	Lexi Thompson	72
T36	Daniela Darquea	72
T36	Maha Haddioui	72
T41	Celine Boutier	73
T41	Maria Fassi	73
T41	Kelly Tan	73
T41	Melissa Reid	73
T41	Mariajo Uribe	73
T41	Maria Fernanda Torres	73
T47	Shanshan Feng	74
T47	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	74
T47	Brooke Henderson	74
T47	Yuka Saso	74
T47	Kim Metraux	74
T47	Alena Sharp	74
T47	Anne van Dam	74
T54	Giulia Molinaro	75
T54	Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso	75
T56	Magdalena Simmermacher	76
56	Diksha Dagar	76
T58	Ariya Jutanugarn	77
T58	Tiffany Chan	77
60	Tonje Daffinrud	81