Britons struggle in first round of Olympic golf

Paris 2024 Olympics leaderboard, information one

-7 Boutier (Fra); -4 Buhai (SA); -2 Metraux (Swi), Uribe (Col), Vu (USA), Lopez (Mex)

Selected others: Level Korda (USA), Zhang (USA); +2 Hall (GB); +6 Maguire (Ire), Meadow (Ire); +9 Hull (GB)

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Team GB's Georgia Hall and Charley Hull endured a difficult first time of nan women's Olympic play astatine Le Golf National.

Hull carded a nine-over 81 to beryllium 58th of 60 competitors, while Hall's 74 near her tied for 30th astatine 2 complete par.

There is nary trim successful nan event, truthful neither is threat of going retired of nan tournament, but they are good adrift of leader Celine Boutier aft nan first of 4 rounds.

France's Boutier is 7 nether par aft her 65, 3 shots clear of South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai.

Reigning champion Nelly Korda, of nan USA, recovered from a mediocre commencement to decorativeness astatine moreover par, 7 strokes down Boutier and tied for 13th overall.

"It's existent that it's bully to beryllium capable to station a bully first round, and [I'm] super-positive for nan remainder of nan week," said Boutier, who became nan first Frenchwoman to triumph a awesome connected location ungraded at nan 2023 Evian Championship.

"The first information doesn't mean overmuch - location are still 3 days left, it's a batch of play [and] truthful overmuch tin happen."