Korean-born golfer Lydia Ko (New Zealand) won the gold medal for the women’s golf team at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the champion of the tournament for the third consecutive time.
In the fourth round of the tournament held at Le Golf Nashonal (par 72) in Giancourt, near Paris, France on the 10th (local time), Ko shot a 1-under 71 with four birdies, one bogey and one double bogey. Ko, who finished 10-under 278 overall, beat Ester Hanselight of Germany by two strokes.
As a result, Ko has won three consecutive Olympic medals following the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games (silver medal) and the 2020 Tokyo Games (bronze medal). Ko is the only female golfer who has won two Olympic medals, and this time she has increased her total number of medals to three.
In addition, he was named in the Hall of Fame as he filled one point with the gold medal of this tournament, which was not enough to join the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame.
Ko, who was born in April 1997, will also set a record of becoming the youngest person to join the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame (27 years and 4 months). The previous record was Park’s 27 years and 10 months in 2016.
Among Korean golfers, Yang finished the competition with a 6-under 282 overall and tied for fourth, the highest ranking. The bronze medal was won by Lin Shi-yu of China at 7-under.
Ko, who tied for first with Morgan Metro of Switzerland until the third round, started the day with a bogey at the first hole, but recovered with a birdie at the third hole (par 5). Ko, whose tee shot hit the left bunker at the fifth hole (par 4), placed her third shot, which she attempted from a distance of 87 meters, on the 1.3 meter hole to keep the par. She also putted a 14-meter long birdie putt at the seventh hole (par 3), taking the lead alone after the middle. At one point, she had a five-shot lead over players tied for second.
Ko, who recorded a double bogey as her second shot went into a hazard at the 13th hole (par 4), faced a crisis where Hanselight was trailing by one stroke. However, she defended her thin ice lead by one stroke by blocking holes 14 and 17 well with par, and at the last 18th hole (par 5), she putted a 2.3 meter birdie putt to fill 10 under par to celebrate her winning the gold medal. 스포츠토토
Yang Hee-young missed the medal again this time, tied for fourth place, following the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, which was her first Olympic appearance. Had the 6.6m distance eagle putt made it in the last 18th hole, she could have played the bronze medal match with Lin Si-wi, but she missed by about 50 centimeters.
Kim Hyo-joo and Ko Jin-young finished the tournament tied for 25th with even par 288 strokes.
In Korean women’s golf, Park In-bee won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games, and failed to win a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games and this tournament.
