Three to Watch for the Next Three Days: Womens Golf in Paris

Golf in the Olympics is very similar to what we are used to in our broader community with two distinctions. 1) There is no “cut” after the second round of 18–all competitors play 72 holes. 2) There are sudden-death tie breaker rounds for all medals.

Source: NBC Olympics

Womens Golf at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Round 2: Thursday, August 8, 2024 @ 1:00 AM
Round 3: Friday, August 9, 2024 @ 1:00 AM
Round 4: Saturday, August 10, 2024 @ 1:00 AM
(Check broadcast time on your local NBC affiliate or on Peacock)

Both of the “new” rules make for an exciting competition, especially when we have so many to root for. Here are the standings of our favored players after the first round (played earlier, today):

French Golfer, Celine Boutier, took full advantage of her home course, jumping out to a three stroke lead with a -7 on day one.

Rank	Country	Athlete	To Par R1	Total
1		BOUTIER Celine	-7	65
2		BUHAI Ashleigh	-4	68
T3		LOPEZ Gaby	-2	70
T3		METRAUX Morgane	-2	70
T3		URIBE Mariajo	-2	70

Lilia Vu
T3 (-2) 70

American Lilia Vu sits five strokes back, tied for 3rd with a 2-under.

(Getty Photo: Courtesy Team USA)

T7	NOR	BORGE Celine	-1	71
T7	CHN	LIN Xiyu Janet	-1	71
T7	IND	DAGAR Diksha	-1	71
T7	AUS	LEE Minjee	-1	71
T7	JPN	YAMASHITA Miyu	-1	71

Alena Sharp
T7 (-1) 71

Canadian, and former NMSU Aggie, Alena Sharp is hanging tough, tied for 7th with a -1.

(Photo: Courtesy NMSU)

Ursula Wikström
59 (+10) 82

The 44-year-old veteran and NMSU alum sits at 59th out of 60 competitors.

(Photo: Courtesy NMSU)

The golfer we are most interested in watching, however, is Ursula Wikström of Finland. Wikström managed a single birdy, with three bogeys and 3 double bogeys–the last double bogey coming on 18. While it is never good to end a bad day on a bad hole, it provides a premise to a story that those who live in our broader community understand all too well. Wikström is now the underdog of choice, and us Aggies have a way of rooting for our own… especially when rooting for the underdog.

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