World No. 1 Nelly Korda will lead the U.S. girls’s golf workforce on the Olympic Video games this summer time in Paris.
USA Golf introduced Tuesday that Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang will spherical out the roster.
Korda is the defending gold medalist from the Tokyo Video games, whereas Vu and Zhang will make their Olympic debuts.
“I am honored to signify the USA as soon as once more on the Olympic stage this summer time in Paris,” Korda mentioned. “Profitable the gold medal in Tokyo was a dream come true and an unimaginable spotlight to my profession. I am wanting ahead to defending my gold medal and bringing residence some extra {hardware} for Workforce USA.”
Korda, Vu (World No. 2) and Zhang (No. 9) certified for Workforce USA primarily based on their standing within the Rolex Ladies’s World Golf Rankings on the shut of the Olympic qualification interval. It ended with final weekend’s KPGA Ladies’s PGA Championship, the place Vu completed second.
“These three girls enter Olympic golf competitors with a mixed eight victories on the LPGA Tour this season and are poised to succeed in the rostrum in Paris,” USA Golf govt director Andy Levinson mentioned.
The ladies’s golf competitors is scheduled for Aug. 7-10 at Le Golf Nationwide exterior Paris. A discipline of 60 gamers will take part in a 72-hole, stroke-play format.
The lads’s competitors runs Aug. 1-4 on the similar venue, with Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa making up the U.S. squad.
