The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is July 26. The ladies’s golf competitors doesn’t start till Aug. 7.
That leaves gamers loads of time to be followers.
Golf is one in every of 32 core sports activities in these Video games. Sixty males and 60 girls will compete of their respective occasions, with the lads going first, Aug. 1-4.
The fields have been confirmed Tuesday by the Worldwide Golf Federation.
Each will play Le Golf Nationwide, website of the 2018 Ryder Cup. And whereas the three girls who will symbolize the U.S. are trying ahead to taking part in, they’re additionally desperate to benefit from the expertise.
“I could arrive a day or two prior and simply take pleasure in myself. The Olympics is a particular time, and to soak within the expertise additionally includes interacting with different athletes and seeing how they’re performing or competing,” Rose Zhang stated Wednesday on the Amundi Evian Championship, the LPGA’s fourth of 5 majors.
“I watched the Olympics ever for the reason that I used to be an itty-bitty particular person. I watched all of the totally different occasions – gymnastics, swimming, observe and subject – and now calling myself an Olympian shouldn’t be one thing that I’ve ever thought of earlier than simply because it was to this point into the long run.”
Zhang stated Crew USA has a resort nearer to the course and that they won’t be staying within the village.
“Yeah, we’re staying in Versailles, so tremendous excited for that,” stated Lilia Vu. “I’m additionally making an attempt to go see the gymnastics. I feel that’s one factor that I needed to go do, and possibly different sports activities. I feel my dad needed to look at desk tennis, so I’d go along with him.
“I imply, there are such a lot of sports activities, so many individuals from totally different nations, and hopefully I meet some folks on the market.”
Vu, like Zhang, will probably be making her Olympic debut. The third U.S. qualifier, nevertheless, is greater than only a returnee: she’s the defending champion.
Nelly Korda would be the favourite so as to add one other gold medal to the shelf she had specifically in-built her residence workplace to showcase her accomplishment.
She didn’t say on Wednesday how a lot she’ll go away her “bubble” in Paris, however she beforehand expressed how a lot she was going to benefit from the pastries and taking part in the function of vacationer.
She’ll even be watching as the lads vie for medals.
“I’m undoubtedly going to go watch the blokes on the ultimate day and root on the U.S.,” she stated, “and get to look at the blokes that I grew up idolizing and watch day by day on TV.”