Women’s Olympics Golf 2024: Preview, betting tips, how to watch

The Women’s Olympic Golf competition suddenly has a lot to live up to.

Last week’s thrilling finish in the men’s event at Le Paris National turned many doubters into believers in golf as an Olympic sport.

On Sunday, it was the world’s best male player Scottie Scheffler who surged to gold with a course record-equalling 62 on Sunday.

Now, the best player in the women’s game, Nelly Korda, will get her chance to defend the title she won in Tokyo three years ago.

60 of the best players in the world will tee it up on Wednesday chasing a medal and a sporting legacy that has an entirely different meaning to a traditional tour event.

Korda and fellow two-time major champ Lilia Vu are the favourites and lead the way for the United States, while Team GB is represented by best friends Charley Hull and Georgia Hall.

Here’s all the info you need to know for the Women’s Olympics Golf competition…

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Women’s Olympics Golf details

Course: Le Golf National, Paris

Course Stats: Par 72 Yards 6,374

Defending Champion: Nelly Korda

Purse: N/A

Winner’s Prize: Gold Medal

Previous Medal winners

2021 

Gold: Nelly Korda -USA

Silver: Mone Inami, Japan

Bronze: Lydia Ko, New Zealand

2016

Gold: Inbee Park, South Korea

Silver: Lydia Ko, New Zealand

Bronze: Shanshan Feng, China

Women’s Olympics Golf betting tips

Here’s who the bookies fancy to shine this week…

Nelly Korda 5/1

Lilia Vu 9/1

Atthaya Thitikul 10/1

Jin Young Ko 11/1

Brooke Henderson 14/1

Linn Grant 16/1

The bunkered bet

Rose Zhang 18/1

There are short odds on the Gold medal going to the United States again in the Women’s Competition, but we fancy Zhang to defeat her compatriots Korda and Vu to the top of the podium. The 21-year-old is in fine form after a victory in May and a T6 in her last outing before pitching up in Paris. Unlike many of her competitors, Zhang also has experience at Golf National having won the 2022 Amateur Team Championship there in 2022.

All odds correct at time of publishing. Please gamble responsibly. 

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Women’s Olympics Golf how to watch

BBC and Discovery+ share the UK rights for the Olympics. You can watch uninterrupted coverage of the Women’s Competition on Discovery+, while parts of the tournament will also be available on BBC iPlayer.

Here’s how you can watch the action this week…

All times BST

Wednesday, August 7

Women’s competition, first round, Discovery+, 8am

Thursday, August 8

Women’s competition, second round, Discovery+, 8am

Friday, August 9

Women’s competition, third round, Discovery+, 8am

Saturday, August 10

Women’s competition, final round, Discovery+, 8am

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Ben Parsons joined bunkered as a Content Producer in 2023 and is the man to come to for all of the latest news, across both the professional and amateur games. Formerly of The Mirror and Press Association, he is a member at Halifax Golf Club and is a long-suffering fan of both Manchester United and the Wales rugby team.