Nelly Korda turned in a solid performance on Friday, August 9, during the third round of the Paris 2024 Olympic Golf Tournament. Korda didn't get off to the best start but rallied to stay in medal contention.
After her debacle on the 16th hole of the second round, Korda played the third round at 2 under. This leaves her in a tie for 7th place on 4 under after 54 holes, four shots behind leaders Lydia Ko and Morgane Metraux.
Nelly Korda started the third round with two bogeys and no birdies on the first three holes. However, she was at her best from then on, making five birdies and no bogeys over the next 13 holes.
Korda struggled again at the end, making her third bogey of the day on the 17th. It was a 405-yard par 4 where Nelly Korda reached the green in two, but missed two putts inside five feet to lose her birdie and par chances.
The day before, Nelly Korda was on the verge of posting one of the best scores of the day. The World No. 1 had six birdies and no bogeys through 15 and was tied for second.
However, a quadruple bogey on the 16th and a bogey on the 17th saw her drop significantly down the leaderboard. Her birdie on the 18th sealed her round at 2 under.
Paris Olympic 2024 Golf Leaderboard after 3 rounds ft. Nelly Korda
Lydia Ko and Morgane Metraux lead the Paris 2024 Olympic golf competition after three rounds. Rose Zhang is the highest-ranked American, tied for third with Miyu Yamashita of Japan.
Below is the Olympic golf leaderboard:
- T1 Lydia Ko -9
- T1 Morgane Metraux -9
- T3 Rose Zhang -7
- T3 Miyu Yamashita -7
- 5 Atthaya Thitikul -6
- 6 Mariajo Uribe -5
- T7 Nelly Korda -4
- T7 Xiyu Lin -4
- T7 Celine Boutier -4
- T7 Ruoning Yin -4
- T11 Hannah Green -3
- T11 Amy Yang -3
- T13 Brooke M. Henderson -2
- T13 Esther Henseleit -2
- T13 Bianca Pagdanganan -2
- T13 Pia Babnik -2
- T17 Patty Tavatanakit -1
- T17 Maja Stark -1
- T17 Wei-Ling Hsu -1
- T17 Ashleigh Buhai -1
- T21 Azahara Munoz E
- T21 Minjee Lee E
- 23 Dottie Ardina +1
- T24 Peiyun Chien +2
- T24 Manon De Roey +2
- T24 Linn Grant +2
- T27 Georgia Hall +3
- T27 Hyo Joo Kim +3
- T27 Jin Young Ko +3
- T27 Celine Borge +3
- T27 Lilia Vu +3
- T32 Klara Davidson Spilkova +4
- T32 Sarah Schober +4
- T32 Albane Valenzuela +4
- T32 Emma Spitz +4
- T32 Gaby Lopez +4
- T37 Charley Hull +5
- T37 Nanna Koerstz Madsen +5
- T37 Shannon Tan +5
- T40 Alexandra Forsterling +6
- T40 Aditi Ashok +6
- T42 Yuka Saso +7
- T42 Diksha Dagar +7
- T44 Stephanie Meadow +8
- T44 Alena Sharp +8
- T46 Ana Belac +9
- T46 Madelene Stavnar +9
- 48 Carlota Ciganda +10
- T49 Emily Kristine Pedersen +11
- T49 Paula Reto +11
- T49 Anne van Dam +11
- T52 Alessandra Fanali +12
- T52 Ashley Lau +12
- 54 Sara Kouskova +13
- 55 Ines Laklalech +14
- 56 Perrine Delacour +15
- 57 Maria Fassi +18
- 58 Ursula Wikstrom +19
- 59 Leona Maguire +24
- 60 Noora Komulainen +28
Korda will play the fourth round in a group with Xiyu Lin and Celine Boutier. Her tee time is 6:17 a.m. ET.