Yang Hee-young tied for 13th place… 7 strokes behind the leader Ko Jin-young tied for 26th place, Kim Hyo-joo tied for 40th place Park Se-ri: “We won’t know until we take off the gloves”
The Korean women’s golf team showed a somewhat sluggish performance on the first day of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In the first round of women’s golf held at Le Golf National (par 72) in Guyancourt, France on the 7th (local time), Yang Hee-young (35, Kiwoom Securities) tied for 13th place.
Ko Jin-young (29, Solair) tied for 26th place, and Kim Hyo-joo (29, Lotte) tied for 40th place, starting the first round in the middle and lower ranks.
In the first round, world No. 3 Yang Hee-young recorded an even-par 72 with five birdies, three bogeys, and one double bogey, and tied for 13th place with Nelly Korda (USA) and Lydia Ko (New Zealand), who are aiming for their second consecutive championship. She is
seven strokes behind the sole leader, Celine Boutier (France).
Yang Hee-young, who had a poor start, successfully turned the tide by making consecutive birdies in the second half. If she advances to the top ranks in the second round, she has a good chance of winning a medal.
World No. 4 Ko Jin-young recorded a 1-over 73 with four birdies, three bogeys, and one double bogey, and stayed in a tie for 26th place. Ko Jin-young, who had been ranked first until last year, vowed to overcome the disappointment of the 2020 Tokyo Games and win the gold medal, but her momentum was not good from the beginning. Ko Jin-young started off with a penalty stroke for hitting her tee shot into the water on the first hole (par 4), and ended up with a bogey. Her sense of shooting came alive in the second half, but she failed to make it into the leaders. Kim Hyo-joo, ranked 12th, recorded 3 birdies, 3 bogeys, and 2 double bogeys, finishing tied for 40th with a 4-over 78, showing a disappointing performance. The female golfers who performed somewhat worse than expected on the first day are aiming to advance to the upper ranks in the second round. Celine Boutier took an overwhelming lead with a 7-under 65 in the first round, but the gap with the other leaders is not that big, so Korean players can easily turn the tables and advance to the medal ranks. Ashley Buhai (South Africa) followed Boutier with a 4-under 68. She is in a position where she can aim for a medal by 2 strokes behind the group of Gaby Lopez (Mexico), Mariajo Uribe (Colombia), and Lilia Bu (USA) who are tied for 3rd place (2 under par 70 strokes). KBS commentator Park Se-ri said on the broadcast, “You don’t know until you take off your gloves,” and “The winner of the men’s competition was almost certain, but they lost in a comeback. It was a really fun match, and I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of match the women’s competition will be like.” 파워볼사이트