Women’s golf tournament at the 2024 Olympics in Paris: Round 3 Friday tee times and featured groups

The women’s golf tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris took a severe twist on Thursday as first-round leader Céline Boutier shot a four-over par 76 to drop from the top of the leaderboard and into a tie for sixth at Le Golf National.

The French golfer held a three-shot lead after an opening 65 but posted one of the worst rounds of the day 24 hours later, allowing a number of players to leapfrog her.

Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux is the new name at the top on -8 after following up a first-round 70 with a 66 on Thursday. She leads by one from Ruoning Yin of China, whose 65 was the lowest score of round two, with New Zealand’s Lydia Ko currently in the bronze medal position two shots further back.

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As the for the Team USA hopefuls, world number one Nelly Korda and Rose Zhang are in a tie for 12th on -2, six shots off the lead, while Lilia Vu dropped down to 14th after a one-over par 73 on Thursday.

With only 60 players taking part in the event, there is no cut after round two, with each entrant in the tournament playing all four rounds.

Women’s golf tournament: round three tee times, Friday, August 9 (all times ET)

3:00 am - Perrine Delacour (France), Maria Fassi (Mexico), Noora Komulainen (Finland)

3:11 am - Ines Laklalech (Morocco), Ursula Wikstrom (Finland), Leona Maguire (Ireland)

3:22 am - Emily K. Pedersen (Denmark), Stephanie Meadow (Ireland), Charley Hull (Great Britain)

3:33 am - Yuka Saso (Japan), Carlota Ciganda (Spain), Alessandra Fanali (Italy)

3:44 am - Sara Kouskova (Czechia), Alexandra Forsterling (Germany), Paula Reto (South Africa)

3:55 am - Ashley Lau (Malaysia), Madelene Stavnar (Norway), Klara Davidson Spilkova (Czechia)

4:11 am - Ana Belac (Slovenia), Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Denmark), Anne van Dam (Netherlands)

4:22 am - Sarah Schober (Austria), Shannon Tan (Singapore), Dottie Ardina (Philippines)

4:33 am - Brooke M. Henderson (Canada), Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand), Georgia Hall (Great Britain)

4:44 am - Manon de Roey (Belgium), Pei-Yun Chien (Chinese Taipei), Hannah Green (Australia)

4:55 am - Hyo Joo Kim (Korea), Azahara Munoz (Spain), Alena Sharp (Canada)

5:06 am - Linn Grant (Sweden), Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland), Jin Young Ko (Korea)

5:17 am - Emma Spitz (Austria), Minjee Lee (Australia), Esther Henseleit (Germany)

5:33 am - Maja Stark (Sweden), Gaby Lopez (Mexico), Celine Borge (Norway)

5:44 am - Lilia Vu (United States), Amy Yang (Korea), Aditi Ashok (India)

5:55 am - Nelly Korda (United States), Wei-Ling Hsu (Chinese Taipei), Diksha Dagar (India)

6:06 am - Ashleigh Buhai (South Africa), Xiyu Janet Lin (China), Rose Zhang (United States)

6:17 am - Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand), Celine Boutier (France), Miyu Yamashita (Japan)

6:28 am - Mariajo Uribe (Colombia), Pia Babnik (Slovenia), Bianca Pagdanganan (Philippines)

6:39 am - Morgane Metraux (Switzerland), Ruoning Yin (China), Lydia Ko (New Zealand)

As was the case in the opening two rounds, play will begin at 9:00 am local time, which is 3:00 am ET. On Friday and Saturday, however, the groups will go out according to their position on the leaderboard, as is normal in the third and final rounds of almost every strokeplay tournament.

How to watch the women’s 2024 Olympic golf in the USA

Viewers in the United States will be able to watch the 2024 women’s Olympic Games golf tournament, which runs until Saturday August 10, on the Golf Channel and Peacock.