Olympic women's golf preview: Full schedule and live streaming guide for Paris 2024
The women's golf tournament at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 takes place at Le Golf National from 7-10 August.
This will be the third time golf has been on the Olympic programme since its return at Rio 2016 after 112 years away. The first Olympic golf tournament was played at Paris 1900 with the sport dropped after the St Louis Games in 1904.
Margaret Abbott - who was in Paris studying art - won the inaugural tournament without knowing it was part of the Olympic Games. Her mother, Mary Abbott, finished seventh and they remain the only mother and daughter to compete in the same event at the Games.
While many of the men will have played the course in Guyancourt south-west of Paris, which hosts the French Open on the DP World Tour and staged the 2018 Ryder Cup, it will be a new test to most of the women's field.
The world's top golfing talent will be present with reigning Olympic champion Nelly Korda heading the field in a spectacular 2024 which saw her win five consecutive titles.
New Zealand's former world number one Lydia Ko is seeking to complete her set of Olympic medals after her silver in Rio and bronze at Tokyo 2020.
The format for golf is a 72-hole individual stroke play event. Unlike most tournaments, there is no halfway cut so all 60 women should play all four rounds.
Who is playing at the Paris 2024 Olympic women's golf tournament?
A total of 60 women will tee it up at Le Golf National on 1 August. These were decided by the official International Golf Federation (IGF) world ranking list on 24 June with the top 15 securing spots at the Games subject to a maximum of four players per National Olympic Committee (NOC).
Outside the top 15, places went to the next 45 in the rankings with a maximum of two per NOC and at least one player from each continent. With three players apiece, Republic of Korea and the United States are the only nations with more than two representatives in the Olympic women's tournament.
The Dutch Olympic Committee and Dutch Sports Federation (NOCNSF) stopped Dewi Weber from taking her place in the field after she failed to meet their own internal qualification criteria. The New Zealand Olympic Committee made a similar decision on Momoka Kobori with their quotas reallocated to Austria's Sarah Schober and Pia Babnik of Slovenia.
Australia's Minjee Lee makes her third Olympic appearance a few days after brother Min Woo Lee's Olympic debut in the men's competition.
India's Aditi Ashok is also playing in a third Olympics. In Tokyo, with her mother on the bag, she was right in medal contention but ended up taking fourth place.
On the other end of the experience scale, Shannon Tan is Singapore's first golfer to compete at an Olympic Games.
Nelly Korda leads players to watch at Paris 2024 Olympic women's golf tournament
Nelly Korda reclaimed the world number one ranking with victory in the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship in March. That was her second consecutive LPGA tournament win and she extended that run to five with her second major triumph at the Chevron Championship. Only Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) and Nancy Lopez (1978) had previously won five in a row on the premier women's tour.
After a momentary blip, the 26-year-old returned to winning ways at the Americas Open to make it six titles in seven events. However, she has suffered a dip in form since with three consecutive missed cuts - including at the US Women's Open and the Women's PGA Championship - before finishing down the field in the Evian Championship.
Korda is the daughter of two former Czech professional tennis players - 1998 Australian Open champion Petr Korda and Seoul 1988 Olympian Regina Rajchrtova. Her sister Jessica missed out this time having played at Tokyo 2020.
Fellow American Lilia Vu was number one in the world, thanks to four tournament wins in 2023, before being overtaken by Korda. She won June's LPGA Classic in a play-off with Grace Kim and Lexi Thompson before finishing tied for second in the Women's PGA behind Amy Yang.
Rose Zhang is the third and final representative for Team USA. The 21-year-old won on her professional debut at last year's Americas Open and moved into the top 10 of the world rankings with victory in May's Founders Cup.
Having dominated women's golf for a number of years, Republic of Korea has just Yang and Ko Jin-young in the world's top 10. Kim Hyo-joo, who won the US Women's Open back in 2018, completes their line-up in Paris.
With two wins this season, Hannah Green moved above Minjee Lee to become Australia's highest-ranked player. The pair will have high hopes of earning first Olympic medals in golf for their country.
Last year's Evian Championship hero Celine Boutier will be seeking another big win on home soil at Le Golf National. A stellar 2023 saw the 30-year-old Frenchwoman rise to three in the world, and she remains in the top 10 despite a winless 2024 so far.
Also spearheading the European challenge is Charley Hull. The Briton's last win came back in October 2022 but she is a consistent performer - with two runner-up placings in majors last year - and well capable of making the podium.
Paris 2024 women's golf - Schedule (all times subject to change)
- Wednesday 7 August: First round. Three-balls starting on the 1st hole at 9am (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2)
- Thursday 8 August: Second round. Three-balls starting on the 1st hole at 9am.
- Friday 9 August: Third round. Three-balls starting on the 1st hole at 9am.
- Saturday 10 August: Fourth round. Three-balls starting on the 1st hole at 9am, followed by victory ceremony.
Paris 2024 women's golf - Tee times
The full schedule of groups and their starting tee times will be confirmed by organisers days ahead of the tournament.
Paris 2024 women's golf - How to watch live action
The Olympic Games will be shown live in over 200 countries with most offering a range of events at any one time.
NBC and the streaming service Peacock will broadcast the action in the United States while the BBC and Discovery+ are the rights holders in the UK.
Nine is the official broadcaster in Australia with European viewers relying on Eurosport and Discovery+. Check local listings for details elsewhere.