Women take their shots at Olympic medals at Kasumigaseki
By The Associated PressAugust 3, 2021 GMT
Prize: Gold, silver and bronze medals.
Television (all times EDT): Wednesday-Saturday, 6:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf Channel).
2016 gold medal: Inbee Park.
Notes: The nature of the field is entirely different from the men last week. All three medalists from Rio de Janeiro are back for their second Olympics — none of the 2016 male medalists qualified this time. There are 29 women in the field who competed in Rio, compared with nine men. ... The U.S. and South Korea are the only countries with the maximum four players. Lexi Thompson is the only returning American. She tied for 19th in Rio. Inbee Park and Sei Young Kim return for South Korea. Kim tied for 25th in Rio. ... Nelly Korda is the No. 1 player in the world and coming off her first major a month ago in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Atlanta. ... Nasa Hataoka is Japan’s highest-ranked player. ... Minjee Lee of Australia is coming off her first major at the Evian Championship two weeks ago. The LPGA Tour has its fifth and final major in two weeks at the Women’s British Open. ... Charley Hull and Georgia Hall opted out for Britain. Hall tied for 14th and Hull tied for 17th in a joint LPGA and Ladies European Tour event last week in Northern Ireland. ... U.S. Women’s Open champion Yuka Saso is playing for the Philippines. Because she just turned 21, she can decide after this year whether to represent Japan, her father’s native country.