Olympics 2024: Leona Maguire slumps to 24 over par after nightmare third round as Lydia Ko and Morgane Métraux lead

Lydia Ko and Morgane Metraux leads women\’s Olympic golf with one round to go; Ko looking to complete set of medals after silver in 2016 Games and bronze in 2020; Rose Zhang two shot back; Ireland\’s Leona Maguire second-bottom on 24 over par after 11-over third round at Le Golf National

18:11, UK, Friday 09 August 2024
Image:Leona Maguire shot an 11-over third round at the Paris Olympics to tumble to 24 over for the tournament

Ireland\’s Leona Maguire crashed to second-bottom on the Olympic golf leaderboard after an 11-over third round of 83 with Lydia Ko and Morgane Metraux joint top in Paris.

Maguire is at 24 over par after a harrowing day that included a quadruple bogey at 15 and triple at 16, with only Finland\’s Noora Komulainen, on 28 over, below her in the 60-strong field. The 29-year-old is a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour and won the Ladies European Tour’s Aramco Team Series in London last month, but struggled at Le Golf National, shooting 78 in the first round and 79 afterward. New Zealand’s Ko, who won silver in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and bronze in Tokyo three years ago and is chasing an Olympic medal, and Switzerland’s Metro led by nine points, two strokes ahead of American Rose Chan and Japan’s Miyu Yamashita Ko. Metro, who was in the lead at one point after shooting six birdies and two bogeys for a four-under 68, closed out the day at 71 under, before salvaging a poor round with a final putt for eagle.