Ireland’s Olivia Mehaffey produced an excellent opening round of 73 (+1) in the Nanjing women’s singles golf tournament this morning.
She is in joint 11th of 32 who have qualified for the event and just 4 shots off the lead .
Mehaffey was out in +3 (39) with bogeys at the holes 1, 8 and 9, but she recovered superbly and came back with a 2 under par (34) with 3 birdies (at holes 11, 13, and 16) and one bogey on the par 3 17th..
First round scores below:
| Rank | Name | Result | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 | -3 | |
| 1 | 69 | -3 | |
| 1 | 69 | -3 | |
| 1 | 69 | -3 | |
| 5 | 70 | -2 | |
| 5 | 70 | -2 | |
| 7 | 71 | -1 | |
| 7 | 71 | -1 | |
| 7 | 71 | -1 | |
| 10 | 72 | 0 | |
| 11 | 73 | 1 | |
| 11 | 73 | 1 | |
| 11 | 73 | 1 | |
| 11 | 73 | 1 | |
| 11 | 73 | 1 | |
| 11 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 74 | 2 | |
| 17 | 74 | 2 | |
| 19 | 75 | 3 | |
| 19 | 75 | 3 | |
| 19 | 75 | 3 | |
| 22 | 76 | 4 | |
| 22 | 76 | 4 | |
| 22 | 76 | 4 | |
| 25 | 78 | 6 | |
| 26 | 79 | 7 | |
| 26 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 81 | 9 | |
| 29 | 82 | 10 | |
| 30 | 89 | 17 | |
| WD | 56 | ||
| WD |
The golf competitions for Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games is taking place at Zhongshan International Golf Club between 19 and 26 August, 2014.
3 events in total, including 1 men’s, 1 women’s and 1 mixed.
The top three athletes from each event and the top three teams from the mixed event will be awarded the gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. 3 gold medals are designated for the golf competitions of Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games. 21 (2) and 26 (1) August are the dates for gold medals.
64 athletes in total, including 32 males and 32 females.
Youth Olympic Competition Format
There are three events at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Golf competition: Men’s Individual Stroke Play, Women’s Individual Stroke Play and Mixed Team.
All competitions are conducted in a stroke play format. There are 32 players in the Men’s and Women’s Individual events. 32 men and 32 women will make up the 32 teams of the Mixed Team event.
The Men’s and Women’s Individual events are played concurrently over three consecutive days and the Mixed Team event is then played over three consecutive days.
Individual events
Individual events are played over 54 holes (3 rounds of 18 holes).
Each player plays against every other player. Players complete each hole on the course, over three rounds and, after each round, return a score card with a gross score for each hole.
The player who has the lowest cumulative score for the three rounds is the winner.
A seeded draw is applied for the final round with the leading players teeing off last.
Mixed Team event
Teams are made up of one male and one female player. Players are primarily from the same NOC, but if not possible, can be from different NOCs. They will be grouped with a different team for rounds 1 and 2, and then there will be a seeded draw for round 3, with the leading teams teeing off last.
The Mixed Team event will be all stroke play as follows:
First round: foursome (pairs of players play as partners, and each pair plays a single ball, taking alternating strokes. The IGF Event Delegate will stipulate the tees to be used by men and women.)
Second round: four-ball (pairs of players play as partners, with each playing their own ball. The lower score of the partners is the score for the hole. If one partner fails to complete a hole, there is no penalty. The IGF Event Delegate will stipulate the tees to be used by men and women.)
Third round: individual men and individual women.
Team event is played over 72 holes (4 rounds x18 holes).
The team score is the addition of the first and the second rounds as well as individual scores achieved by the men (third round) and women (fourth round). The team that has the lowest cumulative score for the three rounds is the winner.
