Women's golf at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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View of the Olympic Golf Course in Barra da Tijuca, the venue of the women's golf tournament.
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Venue | Olympic Golf Course | ||||||||||||
Dates | 17–20 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 60 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 268 (−16) | ||||||||||||
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Inbee Park | South Korea | ||
Lydia Ko | New Zealand | ||
Shanshan Feng | China |
The women's golf tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics placed at the Olympic Golf Course (Portuguese: Campo Olímpico de Golfe), built within the Reserva de Marapendi in the Barra da Tijuca zone, between 17 and 20 August 2016. It was the first women's golf tournament at the Olympics since 1900.
Sixty players played four rounds of stroke play. The field included 57 professionals and three amateurs.
The event was won by Inbee Park of South Korea with a score -16, defeating Lydia Ko from New Zealand and China's Shanshan Feng who won silver and bronze respectively.
The medals were presented by Dick Pound, IOC member, Canada and Antony Scanlon, Secretary General of the IGF.
* Israel is a member of the European Olympic Committees.
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand shot a 6-under-par 65 to lead by one stroke over South Koreans Kim Sei-young and Inbee Park.
Thursday, 18 August 2016
Inbee Park of South Korea shot a second straight round of 66 to take the lead at 10-under-par, 132. Stacy Lewis of the United States shot the low round of the day, an 8-under-par 63, to climb to second place, one stroke behind Park. First round leader Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand shot an even-par 71 to drop to a tie for 8th.