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There was a lot of movement on “Moving day” during the third round of the Olympic women’s golf tournament on Friday.
Swiss Morgane Metraux remained at the top of the leaderboard but was joined by New Zealander Lydia Ko at 7 under par after shooting a 68. American Rose Zhang had the second best round of the day with her 67 for find themselves tied for third place. .
Zhang’s only blemish was a double bogey on hole No. 15. Before that, she had made three birdies and an eagle after a superb putt on the 14th.
Zhang followed that double bogey with a strong finish, recording an eagle on the 18th after that approach shot.
Fellow American Nelly Korda is tied for seventh after a 2-under day with Frenchwoman Céline Boutier, who led after the first round.
Australian Hannah Green won the shooting title of the day after making a 153-yard eagle in 17th place. She would finish at 6 under par that day and is currently tied for 11th at 3 under par.
Here are the tee times for Saturday’s final round of the women’s Olympic golf competition at Golf National.
Tee times for the fourth round of Olympic women’s golf
All times ET
3:00 a.m.: Ursula Wikström (Finland), Leona Maguire (Ireland), Noora Komulainen (Finland)
3:11 a.m.: Ines Laklalech (Morocco), Perrine Delacour (France), Maria Fassi (Mexico)
3:22: Alessandra Fanali (Italy), Ashley Lau (Malaysia), Sára Kousková (Czech Republic)
3:33: Emily Kristine Pedersen (Denmark), Paula Reto (South Africa), Anne Van Dam (Netherlands)
3:44: Madelene Stavnar (Norway), Ana Belac (Slovenia), Carlota Ciganda (Spain)
3:55 a.m.: Diksha Dagar (India), Stephanie Meadow (Ireland), Alena Sharp (Canada)
4:11 a.m.: Alexandra Försterling (Germany), Aditi Ashok (India), Yuka Saso (Japan)
4:22 a.m.: Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Denmark), Sarah Schober (Austria), Shannon Tan (Singapore)
4:33 a.m.: Emma Spitz (Austria), Gaby López (Mexico), Charley Hull (Great Britain)
4:44 a.m.: Lilia Vu (USA), Klára Davidson Spilková (Czech Republic), Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland)
4:55 a.m.: Hyo Joo Kim (Korea), Jin Young Ko, (Korea) Céline Borge (Norway)
5:06 a.m.: Pei-yun Chien (Chinese Taipei), Linn Grant (Sweden), Georgia Hall (Great Britain)
5:17 a.m.: Minjee Lee (Australia), Dottie Ardina (Philippines), Manon De Roey (Belgium)
5:33 a.m.: Wei-Ling Hsu (Chinese Taipei), Ashleigh Buhai (South Africa), Azahara Muñoz (Spain)
5:44 a.m.: Bianca Pagdanganan (Philippines), Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand), Maja Stark (Sweden)
5:55 a.m.: Brooke Henderson (Canada), Esther Henseleit (Germany), Pia Babnik (Slovenia)
6:06 a.m.: Ruoning Yin (China), Hannah Green (Australia), Amy Yang (Korea)
6:17 a.m.: Nelly Korda (USA), Xiyu Lin (China), Céline Boutier (France)
6:28 a.m.: Miyu Yamashita (Japan), Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand), Mariajo Uribe (Colombia)
6:39 a.m.: Morgane Metraux (Switzerland), Lydia Ko (New Zealand), Rose Zhang (USA)
Golf is back for the third consecutive Olympic Games. After being an event at the 1900 and 1904 Olympic Games, it only reappeared at Rio 2016.
As with the men, the women’s tournaments will feature 72-hole stroke play. There is no cut, so each of the 60 participating women is eligible to play all four rounds.
The women’s tournament ends on Saturday. American Scottie Scheffler won men’s gold, while Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood took silver and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama took bronze.