Bishop Gorman alum Inbee Park in 2nd after Round 1 of women’s Olympic golf
Bishop Gorman product Inbee Park had a sensational performance on the Rio de Janeiro golf course Wednesday to open the Olympic women’s tournament, but it wasn’t enough to lead the pack.
Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand finished atop the leaderboard after Round 1, and is the first 18-hole leader in the history of women’s golf in the Olympics.
Jutanugarn had a little bit of everything on her scorecard and wound up with a 6-under 65 for a one-shot lead over seven-time major champion Park and Seiyoung Kim, both of South Korea.
This is the first time for women’s golf to be in the Olympics since the Paris Games in 1900, and back then it was only a nine-hole competition.
Park, who committed to UNLV but turned pro before college, was playing top competition for the first time in two months because of a thumb injury. She was bogey-free in her round of 66 and recorded five birdies.
Lydia Ko, the No. 1 player in women’s golf, holed out from 135 yards on the 15th hole for eagle. She shot 69 and was four shots back.
FIRST ROUND
Ariya Jutanugarn, Thailand 65
Inbee Park, South Korea 66
Seiyoung Kim, South Korea 66
Nicole Broch Larsen, Denmark 67
Candie Kung, Taiwan 67
Carlota Ciganda, Spain 67
Azahara Munoz, Spain 68
Lexi Thompson, United States 68
Aditi Ashok, India 68
Charley Hull, Britain 68
Caroline Masson, Germany 69
Ursula Wikstrom, Finland 69
Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Denmark 69
Gerina Piller, United States 69
Marianne Skarpnord, Norway 69
Harukyo Nomura, Japan 69
Minjee Lee, Australia 69
Lydia Ko, New Zealand 69
Shiho Oyama, Japan 70
In Gee Chun, South Korea 70
Mariajo Uribe, Colombia 70
Brooke Henderson, Canada 70
Teresa Lu, Taiwan 70
Shanshan Feng, China 70
Stacy Lewis, United States 70
Catriona Matthew, Britain 71
Pornanong Phatlum, Thailand 71
Tiffany Chan, Hong Kong 71
Suzann Pettersen, Norway 71
Albane Valenzuela, Switzerland 71
Christine Wolf, Austria 71
Julieta Granada, Paraguay 71
Su Oh, Australia 71
Gaby Lopez, Mexico 71
Sandra Gal, Germany 71
Anna Nordqvist, Sweden 71
Alena Sharp, Canada 72
Xiyu Lin, China 72
Gwladys Nocera Pucet, France 73
Alejandra Llaneza, Mexico 73
Karine Icher, France 73
Hee Young Yang, South Korea 73
Noora Tamminen, Finland 73
Leona Maguire, Ireland 74
Paula Reto, South Africa 74
Fabienne In-Albon, Switzerland 74
Pernilla Lindberg, Sweden 74
Laetitia Beck, Israel 75
Maria Verchenova, Russia 75
Ashleigh Simon, South Africa 75
Stephanie Meadow, Ireland 77
Klara Spilkova, Czech Republic 77
Giulia Sergas, Italy 77
Kelly Tan, Malaysia 78
Giulia Molinaro, Italy 78
Miriam Nagl, Brazil 79
Victoria Lovelady, Brazil 79
Michelle Koh, Malaysia 79
Chloe Leurquin, Belgium 79
Maha Haddioui, Morocco 82
Associated Press contributed to this report.
