Tokyo 2020 – Nelly Korda, daughter of former tennis player Petr, in the lead after the second round

Nelly Korda of the United States, daughter of former Czech tennis player Petr Korda, took control of the Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo, with a card of 62 Thursday, or nine under the par, on the course of the Country Club. by Kasumigaseki. In 2nd place after the first round with two strokes of the Swedish Madelene Sagström, Nelly Korda (23) only made a double bogey on her last hole on Thursday, after an exceptional day of nine birdies and even an eagle on turn N.6.

Without her mistake on hole N.18, she would have killed all suspense for Olympic gold, with a total of 129 (-13). She is however four strokes ahead, before the last two laps, on a quartet led by the Danish Nana Koerstz Madsen, who returned a card of 64 after 69 on the first lap. Another Danish, Emily Kristine Pedersen (66 Thursday), and the Indian Aditi Ashok, are also four strokes behind Nelly Korda.

Elder sister of Nelly Korda, Jessica Korda (28) occupies 11th place, five steps from the provisional podium. Sixteenth after the 1st round, Perrine Delacour fell to 27th place, with a card of one under par (70), the same as the day before, for a total of -2. After a failed start (73), Céline Boutier made up for it with a 68 card on Thursday, to move up to 30th place.

Tokyo Olympics Ladies Golf Tournament Ranking After Round 2 Thursday

• 1. Nelly Korda (USA) 129 (67-62) -13
• 2. Nanna Koerstz Madsen (DEN) 133 (69-64) -9
• . Emily Kristine Pedersen (DEN) 133 (70-63) -9
• . Aditi Ashok (IND) 133 (67-66) -9
• 5. Madelene Sagström (SWE) 134 (66-68) -8
• 6. Mone Inami (JPN) 135 (70-65) -7
• . Ko Jin Young (KOR) 135 (68-67) -7
• 8. Hannah Green (AUS) 136 (71-65) -6
• 9. Lin Xiyu (CHN) 137 (71-66) -5
• . Lydia Ko (NZL) 137 (70-67) -5
• 11. Manon De Roey (BEL) 138 (71-67) -4
• . Feng Shanshan (CHN) 138 (74-64) -4
• . Matilda Castrén (FIN) 138 (68-70) -4
• . Sanna Nuutinen (FIN) 138 (70-68) -4
• . Leona Maguire (IRL) 138 (71-67) -4
• . Stephanie Meadow (IRL) 138 (72-66) -4
• . Nasa Hataoka (JPN) 138 (70-68) -4
• . Kim Hyojoo (KOR) 138 (70-68) -4
• . Kim Sei Young (KOR) 138 (69-69) -4
• . Jessica Korda (USA) 138 (71-67) -4
• . Danielle Kang (USA) 138 (69-69) -4
• . Wei-Ling Hsu (TPE) 138 (69-69) -4
• . Min Lee (TPE) 138 (69-69) -4
• …
• 27. Perrine Delacour (FRA) 140 (70-70) -2
• 30. Céline Boutier (FRA) 141 (73-68)