Minjee Lee – in action at Tokyo Olympics – image IGF
With the Men’s Olympic competition now done and dusted, attention turns to this week’s 72 hole event for the women where Nelly Korda will defend the title she won in Tokyo.
Like the men’s winner Scottie Scheffler, Korda has been the hottest female golfer on the planet this year with six victories on the LPGA Tour and although her form has dropped away in recent weeks she will start the favourite.
Australasia has three representatives, Minjee Lee, Hannah Green and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, New Zealand unable to field a second representative due to Fiona Xu, their second-highest-ranked player, not being included by New Zealand Golf.
For Lee, this will be her third appearance at the Olympics having finished 7th in Rio and 29th in Tokyo.
Ko has a runner-up finish in Rio and a 3rd place in Tokyo and will look to complete her medal collection in what may well be her last Olympics.
Green is playing at her second Olympic Games, having finished tied for 5th in Tokyo but given her form in 2024 she might well be considered the best chance of the three.
Lydia Ko during her Silver Medal performance in Rio – image IGF
