GUYANCOURT : France's Celine Boutier raced into an early lead as the women's golf competition at the Paris Games got under way on Wednesday after the main home medal hope negotiated a tricky course better than other favourites like defending champion Nelly Korda.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Golf - Women's Round 1 - Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France - August 07, 2024. Celine Boutier of France in action during the first round REUTERS/Paul ChildsGUYANCOURT : France's Celine Boutier raced into an early lead as the women's golf competition at the Paris Games got under way on Wednesday after the main home medal hope negotiated a tricky course better than other favourites like defending champion Nelly Korda.
Cheered on by French fans, world number seven Boutier was at six under par after 15 holes having recorded seven birdies and one bogey, two shots ahead of Lilia Vu, the American world number two playing alongside the Frenchwoman. Other early contenders out on the course included South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai at three under and Colombia's Mariajo Uribe at two under. Uribe is aiming for a glorious finale to her career that she has decided to end at the Paris Games.
"The greens were just so completely different, just from the practice green to the golf course, they were a lot slower," Korda told reporters."Overall, it just took a little bit to adjust, but I adjusted well on the back nine."
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