The first women’s Olympic golf competition in 116 years was a huge success for the Ladies European Tour Members. Last year’s Ladies European Tour Order of Merit winner Shanshan Feng of China took home the bronze medal in the women’s competition in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and was greeted by a large crowd of media and fans on her arrival home at Guangzhou airport on Tuesday.
LET members Charley Hull of Great Britain and Norwegian Suzann Pettersen also finished in the top 10, while Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist, Nanna Koerstz Madsen from Denmark, Su Oh of Australia and Maria Verchenova of Russia all finished in the top 20.
The recent Tipsport Golf Masters champion Nanna Koerstz Madsen (pictured above) ended tied for 13th as the top full-time LET player in the field of 60 competitors.
Meanwhile China’s Xiyu Lin and Maria Verchenova both recorded hole in ones, in the third and fourth rounds respectively.
Verchenova smashed the course record in the final round on Saturday by firing a nine-under-par 62 in a highly successful return to the Olympic Games for women’s golf.
By the Numbers
26,298 spectators for the women’s competition
More than 7,000 people attended the golf fan zone
30 of the 60 players in the field were LET members
20 different countries represented by LET members
3 of the top-10 players on the leaderboard are LET members
7 of the top-20 players are members of the LET
2 LET members recorded hole in ones
1 LET member holds the course record
LET Leaderboard
Rank-Name-Country-Overall Score
3 Shanshan Feng (CHN) -10
T7 Charley Hull (GBR) -8
10 Suzann Pettersen (NOR) -7
T11 Anna Nordqvist (SWE) -6
T13 Nanna Koerstz Madsen (DEN) -5
T13 Su Oh (AUS) -5
T16 Maria Verchenova (RUS) -4
T21 Caroline Masson (GER) -2
T21 Azahara Muñoz (SPA) -2
T25 Sandra Gal (GER) -1
T25 Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) -1
29 Catriona Matthew (GBR) E
T31 Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) +2
36 Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) +3
38 Xiyu Lin (CHN) +5
T39 Carlota Ciganda (SPA) +6
T39 Gwladys Nocera (FRA) +6
41 Aditi Ashok (IND) +7
43 Christine Wolf (AUT) +9
T44 Karine Icher (FRA) +10
T44 Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) +10
T48 Klara Spilkova (CZ) +11
T48 Noora Tamminen (FIN) +11
50 Ashleigh Simon (SA) +12
52 Miriam Nagl (BRA) +14
T53 Victoria Lovelady (BRA) +16
55 Giulia Sergas (ITA) +18
56 Chloé Leurquin (BEL) +19
57 Fabienne In-Albon (SUI) +22
59 Maha Haddioui (MOR) +31
