American Nelly Korda secured a one-shot victory on a dramatic final day of the women’s Olympic golf competition in Tokyo. Three shots ahead overnight, Korda’s lead was down to a single stroke when play was suspended for 50 minutes because of a tropical storm with just one hole to play. But the 23-year-old world no.1 held her nerve to par the 18th for a two-under 69 and a 17-under total that held off Japan’s Mone Inami and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko. Inami then […]
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American Nelly Korda secured a one-shot victory on a dramatic final day of the women’s Olympic golf competition in Tokyo. Three shots ahead overnight,...
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America’s Xander Schauffele won the Olympic men’s golf gold medal on a tense final round at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Japan that ended with a seven-way, sudden death play-off for the bronze medal. Slovakia’s Rory Sabbatini, who switched nationalities from his native South Africa two years ago, closed with an 10-under-par 61 to finish in silver at 17 under, while CT Pan of Chinese Taipei finally claimed the bronze on the fourth extra hole, overcoming US Open champion Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, […]
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America’s Xander Schauffele won the Olympic men’s golf gold medal on a tense final round at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Japan that...
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Xander Schauffele moved into the halfway lead at the Men’s Olympic Golf competition at the Tokyo Olympics, as Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry both jumped up the leaderboard. Schauffele produced a blistering finish to his second round at Kasumigaseki Country Club, following an eagle at the par-five 14th by birdieing his final three holes to card an eight-under-par 63. The American heads into the weekend on 11 under and with a one-shot advantage over Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz, who had set […]
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