PARIS – Arizona State will be heavily featured in the upcoming Women’s Golf competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The women’s golf tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games takes place at Le Golf National from August 7-10. This will be the third time golf has been on the Olympic program since its return in Rio 2016 after a 112-year hiatus. The first Olympic golf tournament was played at Paris 1900, with the sport dropped after the St Louis Games in 1904.
Sun Devil Women’s Golf has more representatives than any other collegiate women’s golf program. Five Arizona State products will be competing for a spot on the podium starting on Wednesday. Both of the Spanish qualifiers are Sun Devils, with Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz each making their third Olympic appearance. The other three Sun Devils will be making their Olympic debut, as Linn Grant (Sweden), Alessandra Fanali (Italy), and Alexandra Forsterling (Germany) each earned a spot in the premier International competition.
“We could not be more proud to have five fantastic golfers representing our program,” Sun Devil Women’s Golf Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye remarked. “They have all worked so hard and are an excellent example of what can be achieved at Arizona State.”
Five of the 60 total golfers teeing-off at Le Golf National played their collegiate golf at Arizona State, an indication of successful student-athlete development. This is the fourth straight Olympics that at least four Sun Devils will be participating in, with ASU the only school that can make that claim. Eight different Sun Devils have represented five countries over the course of the past three Olympics.
“Having the most Olympic golfers of any program is a tremendous accomplishment for Arizona State,” Coach Farr-Kaye added. “It shows that the efforts that we have made in identifying and developing the top student-athletes in the World have paid off.”
The action starts on Wednesday, Aug. 7 with the first threesome beginning their round at 12 AM MST. The first Sun Devils to begin their Olympic run will be Linn Grant and Carlota Ciganda, who are paired together in the 1:22 AM MST/10:22 AM Local group. The other three Sun Devils follow throughout the morning, completing the first of three rounds on Wednesday. The format is a 72-hole individual stroke play event and unlike most professional…
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