Olympic Girls’s Golf Competitors: Preview, Finest Bets

In terms of the sector for the Olympic Girls’s Golf Competitors, it appears there’s Nelly Korda, an enormous hole, then everyone else.

That is how the betting public is treating the occasion thus far. DraftKings reported Monday that Korda, the +400 favourite to win the gold medal after prevailing in Tokyo in 2021, has obtained 75 % of the deal with and 85 % of the overall bets on the 72-hole match.

Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang will signify america at Le Golf Nationwide as Group USA tries to brush the golf occasions after Scottie Scheffler stormed again to win gold within the males’s occasion Sunday.

The one different nation to match the People’ three gamers within the discipline is South Korea, a rustic with a wealthy ladies’s golf historical past. Jin Younger Ko, Amy Yang and Hyo-Joo Kim might be attempting to comply with within the footsteps of Inbee Park, who received the gold medal for South Korea in Rio in 2016.

OLYMPIC WOMEN’S GOLF COMPETITION

Location: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, Aug. 7-10

Course: Le Golf Nationwide (Par 72, 6,374 yards)

Defending Champion: Nelly Korda

Format: 72-hole particular person stroke play occasion. A hole-by-hole playoff might be used to find out medals within the occasion of a tie.

Subject: The 60 gamers earned their spots based mostly on the official Worldwide Golf Federation world rating record. Every of the highest 15 gamers within the Rolex Rankings had been eligible, with international locations restricted to a most of 4 individuals. The rest of the sector was decided instantly from the IGF rating record, with a max of two per nation.

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV/streaming: Thursday-Saturday: 3 a.m.-12 p.m. ET (Golf Channel, Peacock); Sunday: 3 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (GC, Peacock)

X: @OlympicGolf

BEST BETS

Nelly Korda (+400 at DraftKings): Korda bought off to an excellent hotter begin to 2024 than Scheffler did within the males’s recreation. She received 5 straight tournaments and 6 of seven — then shockingly missed three straight cuts. She has not contended at a serious since April.

Lilia Vu (+900): After profitable two majors and 4 whole tourneys in 2023, Vu returned to the winner’s circle by way of playoff in June. She’s been one of the vital constant gamers on the LPGA Tour, her scoring common of 70.175 rating third, behind Japan’s Ayaka Furue and Korda. She is third on DraftKings’ record in share of the deal with (3 %) and whole bets (2 %) to win gold.

Atthaya Thitikul (+1000): The non-American with the shortest odds of victory, Thailand’s Thitikul simply received the Dow Championship in June on the energy of a final-round 62. Her odds have lengthened from +850 and she or he has captured simply 1 % of the cash and the bets thus far at DraftKings.

Rose Zhang (+1400): The 21-year-old rising star returned to the winner’s circle final Might and is searching for the largest victory of her younger profession. She is available in off a T6 on the CPKC Girls’s Open. Her odds have shortened from +1600 as she was the second-biggest attraction at DraftKings, garnering 7 % of the deal with and a couple of % of the tickets.

Lydia Ko (+3000): The one golfer, man or lady, to achieve the medal stand in each 2016 and 2021, New Zealand’s Ko hopes so as to add a gold medal to her assortment of 1 silver and one bronze. She began the 2024 season off with a win however has been somewhat quiet since.

–Subject Degree Media