Olympic Women’s Golf 2016: Wednesday Leaderboard Score, Highlights and Reaction

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Published: August 17, 2016

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Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand leads the first women's golf tournament at the Olympics since 1900 after posting a six-under 65 in the first round.  

The South Korean tandem of Inbee Park and Seiyoung Kim are tied for second place, just one stroke off the pace. They are followed by a large contingent of players at either four-under or three-under with 54 holes to play in the stroke-play event.

Let's check out the top 10 after Round 1 at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio. To view a complete list of scores from all 60 competitors, visit the Olympics' official site.



While the buzz around the men's tournament was negatively impacted by the number of high-profile golfers who pulled out, there's no such issue on the women's side. All of the top-ranked players are in Rio attempting to chase down the unique title.

New Zealand's Lydia Ko, the No. 1 player in world, sits in 11th place after an up-and-down first day. She stated coming into the event that it's the one she proverbially circled on her calendar when the 2016 season got underway, per Bob Harig of ESPN:

I think every tournament is very special. But the Olympics was probably the biggest goal of mine this year.

Firstly, to represent New Zealand and obviously to compete in it. If I end up holding a gold medal at the end of Saturday, and standing on the podium, I think it will be extra special. I don't know if I would ever take that medal off.

Park is another example of the Olympics' importance. She missed several tournaments, including a pair of majors, in order to make sure a thumb injury was fully healed. The initial returns are promising as she came out firing on all cylinders and set the early pace with a bogey-free round.

Randall Mell of Golf Channel passed along comments from the 28-year-old South Korean after putting herself firmly in the mix right away:



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