Olympic Women's Golf Leaderboard And Live Updates: Disaster Finish For Nelly Korda As Ruoning Yin One Back Of Morgane Metraux

Switzerland's Morgane Metraux tops the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the women's Olympic golf tournament after carding a 66 in round two. Metraux was eight-under on her front nine of 28 before finishing with a 66 after bogeying two of the last four holes.

"I didn't know the golf course until Monday. So it's all very new for me," Metraux said.

"But it's simple in a way that you know that you just have to hit fairways and greens here. If you don't, it's going to be very difficult. I like it because it's just in such good conditions, and it's just a great course. If you hit good shots, you're going to be rewarded and vice versa.

"I really like that about courses. I've worked a lot on my game in the last week, and obviously prior to that, but last week I did a lot of good work and I was feeling good about what I was doing. I just didn't realize it was going to be good. There's few good events coming up after this, too, so it's very promising."

World No.5 Ruoning Yin is just one back after a seven-under 65, which matched Celine Boutier's opening round yesterday. It was the first and only bogey-free round of the week so far, with Yin starting with three consecutive birdies and then picking up four more over a flawless next 15 holes.

Lydia Ko , who has a silver and a bronze medal already, is third at five-under thanks to a 67 while Pia Babnik and Mariajo Uribe - who is retiring after this week - are at four-under.

Overnight leader and home favorite Celine Boutier surprisngly faltered to a 76 after making two double bogeys on the back nine, with the Frenchwoman five back.

Nelly Korda was up to T2nd and six-under for the day until disaster struck at the par-3 16th, where she found the water and then went on to make a quadruple bogey. She also bogeyed the 17th but birdied the 18th to finish at two-under for the tournament and day.

"I mean, we'll see. Like I'm going to try. I'm going to always try my hardest and I'm going to - if I'm hitting it well off the tee which I was today and I was hitting good shots in and I was giving myself opportunities, yes. If I'm hitting it bad, then no, it's tough to do that out here," she said on whether she can still challenge.

"It's all about, you know, if I can get my whole game together for the next two days, and if I would have done this on the last day or let's say the third day, then I would be extremely heartbroken.

"But I still have 36 more holes and anything can happen. I'm trying to see the positive in this. You know, Scottie came back, shot 9-under and he won. So you know, if you're hitting your shots, then you're staying present, and I think anything can happen."

Follow along for our Olympic women's golf leaderboard and live updates throughout the week...

Olympic Women's golf leaderboard

• -8 Morgane Metraux (Switzerland)
• -7 Ruoning Yin (China)
• -5 Lydia Ko (New Zealand)
• -4 Pia Babnik (Slovenia)
• -4 Mariajo Uribe (Colombia)
• -3 Bianca Pagdanganan (Philippines)
• -3 Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand)
• -3 Miyu Yamashita (Japan)
• -3 Xiyu Lin (China)
• -3 Ashleigh Buhai (South Africa)
• -3 Celine Boutier (France)
• -2 Rose Zhang (USA)
• -2 Nelly Korda (USA)
• -1 Wei-Ling Hsu (Chinese Taipei)
• -1 Amy Yang (South Korea)
• -1 Aditi Ashok (India)
• -1 Diksha Dagar (India)
• -1 Lilia Vu (USA)
• E Maja Stark (Sweden)
• E Celine Borge (Norway)
• E Gaby Lopez (Mexico)
• +1 Emma Spitz (Austria)
• +1 Linn Grant (Sweden)
• +1 Esther Henseleit (Germany)
• +1 Minjee Lee (Australia)
• +2 Hyo Joo Kim (South Korea)
• +2 Jin Young Ko (South Korea)
• +2 Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland)
• +3 Azahara Munoz (Spain)
• +3 Hannah Green (Australia)
• +3 Peiyun Chien (Chinese Taipei)
• +3 Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand)
• +3 Brooke Henderson (Canada)
• +3 Manon de Roey (Belgium)
• +3 Alena Sharp (Canada)
• +4 Shannon Tan (Singapore)
• +4 Dottie Ardina (Philippines)
• +4 Sarah Schober (Austria)
• +4 Georgia Hall (Great Britain)
• +5 Ana Belac (Slovenia)
• +5 Madelene Stavnar (Norway)
• +5 Anne van Dam (Netherlands)
• +5 Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Denmark)
• +5 Ashley Lau (Malaysia)
• +6 Klara Davidson Spilkova (Czech Republic)
• +6 Sara Kouskova (Czech Republic)
• +7 Paula Reto (South Africa)
• +7 Yuka Saso (Japan)
• +7 Alexandra Forsterling (Germany)
• +7 Alessandra Fanali (Italy)
• +7 Carlota Ciganda (Spain)
• +8 Charley Hull (Great Britain)
• +8 Stephanie Meadow (Ireland)
• +8 Emily Kristine Pedersen (Denmark)
• +9 Ines Laklalech (Morocco)
• +10 Ursula Wilkstrom (Finland)
• +13 Perrine Delacour (France)
• +13 Leona Maguire (Ireland)
• +16 Maria Fassi (Mexico)
• +22 Noora Komulainen (Finland)

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Good morning and welcome to the women's Olympic golf tournament from Paris 2024!

Perrine Delacour hit the opening tee shot in front of the home fans earlier and we've got a wonderful line up of some of the globe's best players. It's set to be another thrilling day for golf in the Olympics.

DELACOUR GETS WOMEN'S OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT UNDERWAY

FIRST GROUPS UNDERWAY

Good morning, we have the third group going off now on a relatively cool Parisien morning.

The opening group of Delcacour, De Roey and Meadow all parred the opening hole.

A SPECIAL MOMENT ON THE 1ST TEE THIS MORNING

BIG GROUP UP NEXT

We have the 3.44am ET group up next and it's a big one - Hannah Green, Rose Zhang and Charley Hull get underway.

WE HAVE OUR FIRST BIRDIE

Chinese Taipei's Peiyun Chien rolls in a 10-footer at the par-3 2nd to become the first woman under par at the 2024 Olympics.

EARLY TROUBLE

Esther Henseleit doubles the 1st and Singapore's Shannon Tan has just found the water on the 1st, too.

A cloudy day so far, no sign of that baking sun we saw in the men's event last week yet.

HULL AND ZHANG BOTH FIND THE WATER

Both Charley Hull and Rose Zhang pull their opening tee shots left into the water.

Hannah Green finds the fairway.

BIRDIES AT THE 1ST

Mexico's Maria Fassi and Norway's Celine Borge both birdie the 1st to join the early lead.

Fassi, who was runner-up in the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, managed to chip in for her 3.

HENSELEIT STRUGGLES CONTINUE

The German found the bunker long of the par-3 2nd and fails to get it up-and-down to drop to +3

HUGE GROUP NEXT

Defending gold medallist and World No.1 Nelly Korda is up next alongside Jin Young Ko and Ruoning Yin.

BIG HOOK FROM JIN YOUNG KO

The former World No.1 hits a massive pull off the 1st that carries straight into the water.

Rose Zhang did similar just now and she hit a stunning fairway wood into the green that should at least salvage a simple bogey.

CURRENT WORLD RANKINGS

BAD START FOR HULL

The Englishwoman three-putts the 1st for double bogey after finding water off the tee.

Zhang made bogey while Green made a very simple par.

RUONING YIN IN THE WATER

The World No.5 hit a lovely tee shot down the 1st but her iron shot just comes up short of the green.

Jin Young Ko finds the edge of the green with a 3-wood after taking a drop. Should make bogey.

Nelly Korda is on the green in regulation.

BROOKE HENDERSON UP NEXT

Another big group makes their way to the 1st tee, with Henderson, Hyo Joo Kim and Xiyu Lin set to tee off.

NELLY 3-PUTT

Korda bogeys the 1st after finding the green in regulation as Ko and Yin also bogey - but they found the water so ended up making good saves.

BORGE TO THE TOP

Norway's Celine Borge is the first woman to two-under after birdies at the 1st and 3rd.

The 1st is proving difficult this morning with many players hitting driver-wood or long-iron into the green. A number of players have found the water with their first or second shots.

BRILLIANT BIRDIE FROM TAVATANAKIT AT THE 1ST

The big-hitting Thai uses her length to her advantage on the 1st after bombing a drive to leave a mid-iron into the green.

She got it to within 15ft and rolled in the birdie putt.

Lots of players still finding the water on 1.

KORDA 3-PUTT

Nelly 3-putts the par-5 3rd for par so fails to get the shot back that she dropped on the 1st.

Alessandra Fanali has just made a triple on the 1st, which is continuing to pose problems for the players.

Anne van Dam has just holed a huge birdie putt on the 6th to get to -1, while Manon de Roey has rolled in a long birdie putt at 7 to also get under-par.

POOR START FROM STEPHANIE MEADOW

The Irishwoman has struggled so far this morning at Le Golf National with four bogeys in her opening seven holes.

SIX PLAYERS UNDER PAR CURRENTLY

The story from this morning has to be the 1st hole. The women are playing it at the same length as the men last week and it's proving a beast.

A number of players have found the water off the tee left while plenty have also found the water on their second shots too.

NELLY KORDA UPDATE

The World No.1 has made two bogeys in five holes, including three-putts at the 1st and 3rd.

She's just parred the 5th so will hope to find some rhythm and get herself back to level par as soon as possible. She has par-5s coming up at 9, 14 and 18 so should be able to give herself plenty of chances.

CELINE BORGE STILL LEADING THE WAY

The Norwegian has made two birdies and four pars thru six holes to maintain the lead at two-under.

Borge has one victory on the Epson Tour (LPGA feeder) and currently ranks 187th in the world. She was T7th at the recent Dana Open on the LPGA Tour so is clearly showing good form this summer.

CHARLEY HULL AMONG BIG NAMES STRUGGLING

The Englishwoman has dropped to three-over after dropping another shot at the 6th. She doubled the 1st after finding water off the tee and then three-putting.

Nelly Korda remains at +2 while Brooke Henderson has dropped four strokes in her first five holes.

BIG GROUP HEADING OFF

Minjee Lee, Atthaya Thitikul and Yuka Saso are underway.

BORGE TWO CLEAR AT THE TOP

The Norwegian birdied the 7th to go with birdies at 1 and 3.

She's the first and only woman to three-under and currently leads by two.

BIG GROUP UP NEXT

It's time for Celine Boutier, Lilia Vu and Amy Yang.

Great reception for the home favorite.

CHARLEY HULL FALLS TO +4

Hull has just gone bogey-bogey at 6 and 7 to drop to four-over.

BIRDIE FOR THE RETIRING GOLFER

Mariajo Uribe, the pro making her last ever start before retiring at the Olympics this week, has got off to the perfect start with a birdie at the 1st.

KORDA BOGEYS 7

Nelly Korda has dropped to three-over after dropping her third shot of the day at the par-4 7th.

URIBE TO 2-UNDER!

The Colombian, who is retiring soon, has began birdie-birdie!

DELACOUR ALSO STRUGGLING

The Frenchwoman hit the opening tee shot this morning and spoke of the advice she had from Matthieu Pavon , but so far it's been a struggle.

She has just made a double bogey at the 12th to drop to four-over and is yet to make a birdie today.

NELLY KORDA BIRDIE

The World No.1 birdies the 9th to turn in two-over-par.

Good bounce back and she has two par-5s coming home to hopefully pick up some more shots.

DOUBLE FOR MAGUIRE

Leona Maguire misses a short one for bogey on the 1st to drop two shots.

JIN YOUNG KO DROPS BACK

Sad news for Jin Young Ko fans (me included) as the former World No.1 and modern day great has doubled the par-5 9th and then bogeyed the 10th to suddenly fall four-over-par.

YES JIN YOUNG

After that nightmare two-hole stretch, Jin Young Ko has just chipped in at 11 to get back to three-under.

URIBE MOVES TO THE TOP

Celine Borge has company as the soon-to-be-retiring Mariajo Uribe moves to three-under after 4.

She also missed a short birdie putt on 3 so could easily have started with four consecutive birdies.

Some golf.

ADITI ASHOK TO TWO-UNDER

The Indian, who was 4th last time in Tokyo, has just made her third birdie of the day at the 13th to reach two-under.

CHARLEY HULL REALLY STRUGGLING

The Englishwoman doubled the first and it has gone from bad to extremely worse around the turn.

She has bogeyed 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 to fall to seven-over-par and bottom of the leaderboard alongside Stephanie Meadow.

BORGE DROPS BACK

The Norwegian has made her first mistake of the day as she drops a shot at the 13th to fall out of the lead for the first time in a long time.

Uribe leads on her own.

URIBE DROPS BACK

The Colombian misses a short one at the 6th to drop back to two-under, where we now have a three-way tie.

FOUR-WAY TIE AT THE TOP

Wei-Ling Hsu has just birdied the 8th to move into the lead at two-under.

She has a superb round on the go here with six pars and two birdies.

BOUTIER TIES THE LEAD!

The Frenchwoman rolls in a 25-footer at the 5th to move up to two-under.

Huge roars from the home crowds for that one.

BIG NAMES FIGHTING BACK

Jin Young Ko has just gone birdie-birdie at 11 and 12 to move back to two-over while Nelly Korda has birdied the 9th and 13th to get back to +1.

Charley Hull has dropped another shot at the 13th, sadly, to move to +8 in dead-last.

LILIA VU JOINS THE LEAD

The World No.2 has birdied the 3rd and 5th to move into a six-way tie for the lead.

Vu said that gold would rank higher than a Major - so she'll be very happy with her start.

CELINE BOUTIER LEADS!

The Frenchwoman moves up to the top of the leaderboard and the home crowds are going wild!

But wait, Lilia Vu picks up another birdie at the 6th to join Boutier at -3.

BRILLIANT FROM JIN YOUNG KO

The Korean superstar holes a 20-footer on the par-5 14th to move back to +1.

It's her third birdie in a row after dropping three shots in two holes around the turn.

KORDA BACK TO LEVEL

The World No.1 was three-over after 7 but birdies at 9, 13 and 14 get her back to where she started.

Impressive fightback from the defending gold medallist.

LILIA VU LEADS

The World No.2 has birdied three holes in a row to lead at four-under after seven.

What a start from the two-time Major champ.

BROOKE HENDERSON FIGHTING BACK

The Canadian was four-over after five but she has climbed back to one-over after birdies at 8, 9, 13 and 14.

EARLY LEADERS DROP BACK

Celine Borge has just dropped a shot at the 17th to fall to one-under while Mariajo Uribe is also one-under after bogeys at 6 and 8.

Aditi Ashok has just double bogeyed the 18th, a par-5 this week, after finding the water with her third. She's posted a level-par 72.

GABY LOPEZ CLUBHOUSE LEADER

The Mexican finishes birdie-birdie-birdie to post a two-under 70 for the clubhouse lead.

JIN YOUNG KO CONTINUES FIGHTBACK

The Korean was four-over after 10 holes but has birdied three of her last four holes to move back to +1.

JIN YOUNG KO BACK TO LEVEL

Wow, the Korean superstar is on fire on this back nine. After dropping to +4 thru 10, Ko has birdied 11, 12, 14 and 16.

GEORGIA HALL DOUBLE

The British star has made a double bogey at the 7th to drop to two-over.

She's in a tie for 30th now, while Charley Hull is in last-place at nine-over.

Not the best of starts for the Team GB women.

LILIA VU BOGEYS 9

The American was in prime position after finding the fairway down 9 but chose to lay up and it didn't pay off. Her first dropped shot of the day puts her back into a tie for the lead with playing partner Boutier.

BOUTIER AND VU MATCHING SHOT-FOR-SHOT

This is a brilliant watch with home favorite Celine Boutier and World No.2 Lilia Vu topping the leaderboard while playing together.

Both have good birdie looks at 10 after solid iron shots so we could see some more movement on the leaderboard.

JY KO DROPS BACK

Jin Young Ko bogeys the 17th to fall back to +1. The incredible run comes to an end.

ROSE ZHANG SHOOTS LEVEL-PAR

The two-time LPGA Tour winner is in the house at level after three birdies and three bogeys.

A very solid start.

CHARLEY HULL CARDS AN 81

A disaster start for the Englishwoman, who made a double and seven bogeys in her nine-over 81.

BOUTIER LEADS!

What a story. The Frenchwoman rolls in her birdie putt from 15ft on the 10th to move to four-under.

KORDA ON 18TH IN TWO

Nelly Korda will have two putts to shoot 71 (-1), which would be a brilliant turnaround after falling three-over after seven.

She's a long way away though in the back left, with the pin tucked front-right of the huge green.

Her playing partner Ruoning Yin has found the water with her second so may be about to bogey.

DIKSHA DAGAR TO -3

The Indian, with her dad on the bag, has moved up to T2nd with Lilia Vu after her third birdie of the day at the 14th.

Bogey-free right now for the left-hander, what a round she has on the go.

PERRINE DELACOUR (+7/79) ON HITTING THE OPENING TEE SHOT IN HER HOME GAMES:

"I got lucky to be able to hit the first tee shot at the Olympics in my home country. It was definitely a lot of emotion, and as you can see on the scorecard, I kind of left a lot of energy for the rest of the round," she said.

"Well, not crying on the first tee, that was hard. I mean, I'm just trying to do my best. I knew it was going to be a lot of emotion. But it was hard for sure when you start hearing La Marseillaise on the first tee. It was hard to stay patient and stay in the present because you really realise you're playing from France and in front of your crowd."

GREAT PAR SAVE FROM YIN ON 18

Ruoning Yin manages to hole an 8-footer on the 18th for par after finding the water.

She posts a level-par 72.

BOUTIER TO FIVE-UNDER!

The Frenchwoman holes a 20-footer on the par-3 11th to move two clear at the top.

NELLY THREE-PUTTS THE LAST

The World No.1's eagle putt ran about 6ft past and she pushes her birdie attempt out to the right.

It's a par to finish and a level-par 72. Not bad at all.

CLUBHOUSE LEADER GABY LOPEZ (-2/70)

"I think the golf course plays very challenging off the tee because you have curved fairways and it's really easy to run through them. You've got to be very specific off the line, off the tee. Birdied the last three holes. Gives that you momentum and that faith of kind of keep fighting for whatever it is, for a medal, for a good finish, for your country until the end."

ROSE ZHANG AFTER A 72 (E)

"Yeah, it played difficult and I would say it's to be expected. Pretty satisfied with how I was able to manoeuvre myself around the golf course. Hit some errant shots but you know, that's to be expected when you're in difficult conditions."

HANNAH GREEN SHOOTS 77

The Australian has been arguably the second-best player in the women's game this year, currently ranking 6th in the world.

But she struggled today with a five-over 77 and will need to turn it around over the next 3 days if she wants to challenge for the medals.

OTHER BIG NAMES STRUGGLING

US Women's Open champion Yuka Saso is four-over after 12 while Leona Maguire is four-over after 8.

Brooke Henderson is also four-over, as is Patty Tavatanakit, while Minjee Lee has just missed a short par putt at 12 to fall to three-over.

BROOKE HENDERSON EAGLES THE 18TH!

The Canadian holes a monster eagle putt from the back of the 18th green to get in at two-over-par.

Brilliant finish.

LEONA MAGUIRE 7-OVER

I've just seen the Irishwoman made a triple-bogey on the par-5 9th. Ouch.

She's down in T56th out of 60 players. A very disappointing start.

XIYU LIN SHOOTS 71

Xiyu 'Janet' Lin, who is one of the best players yet to win on the LPGA Tour, has got in at one-under-par after birdies at three of her final five holes.

BOUTIER BOGEYS

The Frenchwoman bogeys the 12th after her 10ft par effort somehow lips out.

She still leads, but only by one.

DIKSHA DAGAR DROPS A SHOT

The Indian missed the green in two on the 17th and her chip shot came up short of the green and led to her first bogey of the day.

She's back to two-under.

NELLY KORDA'S 72

FINNISH PLAYERS STRUGGLING

It does not look like Finland will be winning a medal in the golf this year.

Ursula Wilkstrom is +10 and Noora Komulainen is currently +11, with the pair in 59th and 60th position out of the field of 60.

CHARLEY HULL AFTER HER 81

The Englishwoman says she is rusty after hurting her shoulder from falling over after a shower recently. It led to her withdrawing from the Aramco Team Series.

"I think it's a very scorable golf course. I just didn't hit it in the right positions, and when I hit good shots today I just missed clubs slightly, and that gets me into bad positions. Hopefully I've got the rust off me and I'm looking forward to hopefully shooting freaking 9-under tomorrow."

BRILLIANT CHARLEY HULL QUOTE

GEORGIA HALL DROPS ANOTHER SHOT

The Englishwoman has fallen to four-over after bogeying 13, where she found water off the tee.

BOUTIER BACK TO FIVE-UNDER

The home favorite stretches her lead at the top back to two strokes after a birdie at the par-5 14th. She holed from 8ft up the hill, just after Lilia Vu missed her own birdie chance from around 12ft.

BUHAI UP TO T2ND

The 2022 AIG Women's Open champion makes her fourth birdie of the day at the 13th to move up to three-under.

She has the par-5 14th up next, where she'll be hoping to pick off another.

DIKSHA DAGAR IN WITH A 71 (-1)

The Indian finishes bogey-bogey to post a one-under-par 71.

She'll be disappointed with that but she's right in the mix after 18 holes.

NELLY KORDA ON HER 72:

"Won't be very positive on the front nine but on the back nine I started hitting better putts. I actually didn't hit it that bad. I just made four 3-putts. The greens were just so like completely different, just from the practise green to the golf course, they were a lot slower. I feel like they were almost a foot slower from what I felt personally. It was very much a pace thing. I actually came up really short on No. 1. Short on No. 2. Very short on No. 3. So it was just a pace thing."

COULD LE GOLF NATIONAL HOST THE SOLHEIM CUP?

Nelly Korda hopes so.

"It's amazing. We were actually talking that it would be so much fun to have a Solheim Cup out here. I know the Ryder Cup was amazing, but the atmosphere was insane. I can't even imagine what it is like within Celine's group. I've heard a couple of the roars, and it's been such an amazing experience so far," she said.

NELLY KORDA ON 'MIND-BLOWING' CROWDS

"Yeah, I saw the crowds for the men, and to see the similar crowds for the women is just kind of for me mind-blowing. I wasn't sure what to expect walking on to that first tee, and obviously my first view was the tee. Then I kind of looked out to the green and I just saw like four people deep and I told Jason, I was like, oh my gosh, this is absolutely amazing. Like I did not expect this many people to come out and support everyone out here."

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN HOLES A BOMB AT 18

The Philippines star rolls in a massive birdie at the 18th to finish off a stunning bogey-free back nine of 33 (-3).

She's in with a level-par 72.

BOUTIER BIRDIE

Celine Boutier from 25ft on the 15th...and it's in!

The Frenchwoman receives a huge ovation as she converts her seventh birdie of the day to move three clear at the top.

WAIT A MINUTE...

Lilia Vu holes from 20ft on the 15th to match Boutier and keep the gap at two strokes.

Some golf from these two.

MORGANE METRAUX MATCHES LOPEZ'S CLUBHOUSE LEAD

Morgane Metraux of Switzerland finished birdie-birdie to shoot 70 (-2).

She's currently T4th.

BUHAI TO FOUR-UNDER

The South African's birdie putt on 14 looks like it was going to hang on the edge but after a few seconds - certainly not longer than the 10 second rule - it drops for another birdie.

She joins Lilia Vu in T2nd.

MINJEE LEE BACK TO LEVEL

The Australian was struggling early on but has just gone birdie-birdie-birdie to climb back to level par.

BOUTIER ON FIRE!

After just missing the par-3 16th green long, she chips in for her third consecutive birdie!

The crowd are going wild and the Frenchwoman now leads by three.

LILIA VU DROPS BACK

A weak six-foot par effort on the 16th falls away to the left and Vu is now four back of Boutier.

BRILLIANT BACK NINE FROM AMY YANG

The recent KPMG Women's PGA Championship winner was three-over after 7 holes but has picked up birdies on 11, 14 and 16 to get back to level par.

LYDIA KO DROPS BACK

The two-time Olympic medallist was going along very nicely at one-under but found the water with her second shot into 15 and has made double to fall back to +1.

URIBE IN AT -2

Mariajo Uribe finds the 18th in two and two-putts for her birdie.

It's a level-par 72 for the Colombian who is making her final pro start this week .

LILIA VU IN TROUBLE ON 18

The World No.2 has hit a nasty snap hook down the final hole and it's found the water.

She'll be very glad to get out of there with a par now.

GEORGIA HALL BIRDIE!

The Englishwoman finds her first birdie since the 3rd hole at the 16th to get back to three-over.

She's definitely not out of it just yet.

EPIC FINISH FROM MINJEE LEE

The two-time Major champion birdies four of her final five holes to get in the house under-par with a 71 (-1).

AGONY FOR PAULA RETO

South Africa's Paula Reto was two-over after 17 holes but finishes with a 9 to post a 78 (+6).

I didn't see it but I'd imagine she went into the water twice.

BOUTIER WITH A BIRDIE CHANCE ON 18

The Frenchwoman played the 18th conservatively and has around 20ft down the hill to get to eight-under.

Lilia Vu just misses her par chance from long range after finding the water off the tee and she drops to -2, signing for a 70.

BOUTIER POSTS 65

What a round.

LYDIA KO BIRDIES 18

The New Zealander, who has a silver and bronze medal already, has just rolled in a 15-footer at the last to get in at level-par.

BUHAI IN THE FAIRWAY AT 18

Ashleigh Buhai, currently in second-place on her own is going for the 18th green in two...

She hits a lovely fairway wood into the huge green and will now face a very challenging two-putt to make birdie and shoot 67.

GEORGIA HALL BIRDIES 18

A brilliant birdie from Hall after wedging it to 10ft get her in at two-over for a 74.

She was four-over after 14 holes but birdied 16 and 18 to keep her medal hopes alive.

BUHAI PARS 18

The South African three-putts the 18th for par to post a 68 (-4).

She's in second-place and three back.

BOUTIER BY 3 AFTER DAY 1

DAY 2 UNDERWAY

The first few groups are underway at Le Golf National this morning, with Morgane Metraux making the first move up to three-under.

Diksha Dagar has also got to two-under.

NIGHTMARE START FOR PEDERSEN

The Danish star has made an eight on the 1st hole to drop down 20 spots on the leaderboard, from +1 to +5.

STUNNING SCENES AT THE 1st

Celine Boutier is on the tee with Vu and Yang, and the crowd break out into La Marseillaise.

MORGANE METRAUX EAGLE

The Swiss player has just eagled the 3rd after birdieing the 1st and she's up to 2nd on the leaderboard at five-under.

BOUTIER UNDERWAY

The home star stripes a drive down the middle of the 1st fairway, as does Lilia Vu.

Supremely impressive, considering the crowd had just sung the national anthem and then broke out into 'Celine, Celine, Celine' chants.

Huge pressure on Boutier this week, but she looks to be lapping it up.

MARIAJO URIBE'S SOCKS YESTERDAY...

I loved these.

AWFUL START FOR PEDERSEN

After making an 8 on the 1st, Pedersen has just doubled the 2nd as well.

She's six-over after two holes this morning and seven-over for the tournament now. Gutting.

METRAUX STRIPES ANOTHER ONE

The Swiss player has just hit a perfect baby draw into the back-left flag on 4 and she's going to have around 5ft for another birdie.

METRAUX CONVERTS BIRDIE ON 4

Metraux holed from short range on the 4th to continue her blistering start.

She's moved up to six-under and is now just one back of Boutier!

STRONG START FROM VU

Lilia Vu missed from inside 10ft for birdie on the 1st and she's just given herself an even better look on the par-3 2nd.

STRONG START FROM AZAHARA MUNOZ

The Spaniard started birdie-birdie-birdie to move up to three-over.

METRAUX IN TIGHT AGAIN AT 5

The FSU graduate will have another great look at birdie on 5 to go five-under for the day and join the lead with Boutier.

METRAUX TIES THE LEAD!

She holes from 10ft on the 5th and is now five-under thru five, and seven-under for her last seven!

Celine Boutier has company at the top of the leaderboard.

METRAUX'S START

• Birdie
• Par
• Eagle
• Birdie
• Birdie

BUHAI OFF TO A NIGHTMARE START

The South African found the water with her 2nd shot and she falls to a double bogey.

BOUTIER EAGLE PUTT COMING UP

The home favorite finds the par-5 3rd in two and she's going to have a good look at eagle. Probably around 20ft up the hill.

MUNOZ CONTINUES FIGHTBACK

The Spaniard is four-under-par after just five holes to move up to two-over for the tournament. She's climbed 20 spots on the leaderboard already today.

Scoring seems lower so far.

METRAUX LEADS!

Wow! Morgane Metraux rolls in ANOTHER putt on the 6th to move to six-under for the day.

She's up to eight-under.

BOUTIER ALSO LEADS

The Frenchwoman's eagle chance at 3 just slides by and she taps in for birdie.

Her and Metraux are now six clear of the field.

LYDIA KO ON THE MOVE

The New Zealander, who is one point away from the LPGA Hall of Fame and just needs a gold medal to complete her collection, is up to T3rd after a par-birdie-birdie start.

BOUTIER DROPS BACK

The Frenchwoman was three clear at the top overnight but after just four holes she is no longer leading.

Boutier bogeyed the 4th to fall back to level for the day, one back of the charging Morgane Metraux.

BUHAI BIRDIE

The South African gets one back at the par-5 3rd after her double on the 1st.

Back to three-under and now in 3rd-place on her own.

GEORGIA HALL BIRDIE

The Englishwoman birdied the 3rd and is now three-under for her last six holes and back up to +1.

BOUTIER BOUNCES STRAIGHT BACK

Celine Boutier rolls in a 15-footer on the 5th to bounce back after dropping a shot at the 4th.

She's back on top with Morgane Metraux, with the pair five clear of Buhai in 3rd.

POOR START FROM MINJEE LEE

The two-time Major champion is three over on the day after a double, two bogeys and a birdie in her first five. It's seen her drop from -1 to +2.

METRAUX TWO CLEAR!

Wow.

Metraux has just made her second eagle of the day at the 9th and she has turned in 28 (eight-under-par)! She's now two clear at the top.

HULL, ZHANG AND GREEN TEE OFF

Big group underway with all three finding the fairway. World No.1 Nelly Korda off in 10 mins.

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW OUR LEADER?

Read more: Morgane Metraux facts and bio

LILIA VU DOUBLE

Ouch.

Big blow for Lilia Vu there, who drops not one but two strokes at the 7th right after her first birdie of the day.

STAR GROUPING UNDERWAY

World No.1 Nelly Korda , No.4 Jin Young Ko and No5. Ruoning Yin are underway.

Three superb tee shots a long way down the fairway.

METRAUX EAGLE STAT

The Swiss star has made more eagles today in nine holes than her entire season!

She's just parred 11th to stay two clear at the top.

BUHAI BIRDIES 8

The South African is back to level for the day after that double to start.

She returns to where she started - four-under - and is now in third on her own.

NELLY BUNKERED ON 1

The World No.1 has pushed her approach into the 1st into the greenside bunker. Not much green to work with either so she may be fighting for par now.

LILIA VU DROPPING

Lilia Vu has just gone double-single (three-putted both) to tumble down the leaderboard.

Very surprising to see the World No.2 struggling like this after looking so good yesterday.

BIG PAR SAVE AT 1 FOR NELLY

The World No.1 holes from 10ft to make a sandy par at the 1st. Feel like that is a big momentum putt.

METRAUX IN TROUBLE ON 13

The leader pulled her drive into the rough down the left and has opted to lay up short of the water.

JUST A PAR FOR BOUTIER AT 9

The Frenchwoman didn't manage to birdie the par-5 9th so she turned in one-under.

Lilia Vu birdied it, so she is back under par after that disappointing double-single stretch.

BAD TIME FOR THE LEADER

Leader Morgane Metraux's group have been on the clock for five holes and she has just been given a 'bad time' after a long discussion over her lay up on the 13th.

Metraux has bogeyed the 13th after her par putt just slid by. First mistake of the day.

BUHAI TO -5

The South African has just holed a huge birdie putt at the par-3 8th, her third in four holes to move up to -5.

LYDIA KO UP TO FOURTH

The two-time Olympic medallist is up to 4th after a birdie at the 9th.

She's made four birdies and five pars on her front nine.

RUONING YIN TO -3

The World No.5 has started with three consecutive birdies to move up to T5th.

She hit a gorgeous wedge into the 3rd after laying up on the par-5.

NELLY TO -1

The World No.1 and defending gold medallist has birdied the 3rd after finding the green in two to get under par for the first time in the entire tournament.

She's responded very well after going three-over after 7 holes yesterday.

MAJA STARK EAGLE

The Solheim Cup star has just eagled the 9th to move up to two-under.

METRAUX BACK TO -10

A brilliant right-to-lefter holed from around 15ft for the leader puts her back to -10.

Great response to the bogey (and bad time) on the last.

LYDIA KO CHARGING

ANOTHER birdie for Lydia Ko, who gets to five-under thru 10 to join Buhai in T3rd.

METRAUX DROPS A SHOT AT 15

The leader falls back to -9. Still being watched by the referee - hopefully no slow play penalty.

GREAT START FROM KORDA

The World No.1 is up to two-under after a pair of birdies in her first five holes. Great start from the Tokyo 2020 gold medal winner.

BOUTIER IN THE WATER AT 13

Ouch, the home favorite's approach into 13 catches the tree on the right and drops into the water.

Big test coming up now to save bogey.

BOUTIER DOUBLE

The Frenchwoman falls back to -6 after finding the water on 13. She wasn't able to get it up-and-down from the drop zone.

Leader Metraux is now three clear but she has missed the 17th in two and faces a tricky up-and-down.

NELLY KORDA CLIMBING

The World No.1 converts from inside 4ft after a stunning approach into the 6th.

She's three-under for the day and tournament.

HUGE PAR SAVE FOR METRAUX

The leader holes a left-to-righter from just outside of 10ft to save her par on 17. Massive up-and-down.

She stays three clear at the top.

LYDIA KO TO SIX!

Lydia Ko is on fire right now, and she has just made her sixth birdie of the day after pouring in a 15-footer at the 13th.

Up to T2nd.

DISASTER FOR METRAUX!

The leader has just pulled her second shot into the 18th and it finds the water.

METRAUX IN THE DROP ZONE

The leader is in the drop zone, playing her fourth shot from around 100 yards.

WOAH

Metraux's wedge shot landed a foot over the water and has barely just stayed dry.

She's going to have 20ft for par.

BOUTIER BOGEYS 14

Oh dear. Yesterday's star has just gone double-single on 13 and 14.

She drops into third-place.

LOTS GOING ON...

Ruoning Yin has just birdied to get to four-under while Ashleigh Buhai made her second double of the day to fall back to -3.

Elsewhere, Lilia Vu has bogeyed the par-5 14th to fall to two-over for the day and level for the tournament.

TEAM GB UPDATE

It's was looking like a much better day for Team GB but Georgia Hall has just gone bogey-bogey to fall to +3.

Charley Hull is two-under for the day and up to T51st (+7).

METREAUX ON 18

The leader's par putt slides by and it'll be a bogey.

That will be a six-under 66 today.

METRAUX'S 66

MORE TROUBLE FOR BOUTIER

Oh no. Boutier finds the water on 15!

She's going to be dropping at least one shot here.

Boutier has just gone double-single and is in danger of falling back into the pack.

BOUTIER DOUBLES

Her bogey putt just slides by after finding the water and she's just gone 6-6-6 to drop five shots in three holes.

Ouch.

NELLY KORDA TO FOUR-UNDER

Brilliant from the World No.1 at 9 after a superb fairway wood into the green with her second shot.

She two-putts for her fourth birdie of the day.

URIBE BIRDIES 18

The Colombian, playing in her final tournament as a professional, has just given a huge fist-pump after rolling in a six-footer on the last for birdie.

It's her second consecutive 70.

BOUTIER IN MORE TROUBLE

The Frenchwoman missed the green left on 17 with her second shot and has chopped it out of the thick rough to about 15ft short of the pin.

Big par putt coming up.

HUGE PUTT FROM LILIA VU

The World No.2 has had a miserable day but a 40+ footer on 17 drops to get her back to one-under for the tournament.

BOUTIER SAVES PAR

Big putt from Boutier to save par on 17.

HENDERSON JUST MISSED FROM 18 INCHES

Wow. The Canadian left the flagstick in on her short tap-in birdie putt at 9 and it appeared to bounce off the stick and out.

BOUTIER LAYS UP ON 18

Celine Boutier had just 175 yards to the pin on 18 but has decided against going for it.

A sign that she's not feeling too confident today after finding water on both 13 and 15.

GOOD CHOICE FROM BOUTIER

Celine wedges it tight into the 18th after that lay-up and she'll have around 5-6ft for a finishing birdie to send the crowd wild.

METRAUX ON HER 66 (AND 28 FRONT NINE):

"So there was barely any wind this morning. Perfect conditions and the course is just perfect. Like if you hit a good putt, you know it's going to go in because the greens are rolling so well. I was really calm. I knew my game is in a good spot, and I was rolling it well. Yeah, it was actually surprisingly very calm starting the round. The difference between yesterday and today at the beginning is just the putts that fell. Yeah, it just brought me confidence going forward and just tried to stay as present as I could and one shot at a time. Yeah, it went pretty well."

NELLY KORDA AND RUONING YIN TO -5

The World No.1 and No.5 have both just birdied the par-4 11th to move up to T3rd.

They're both five-under for the day and neither have made a bogey yet. Impressive stuff!

BOUTIER MISSES

It's just a par at the last for Celine Boutier, who has had a miserable day.

The French star shoots a four-over 76 including two birdies, two bogeys and two doubles.

She is still only five back of the lead with 36-holes to play though in T6th, so plenty of time to get back up the board.

PIA BABNIK ON THE MOVE

The Slovenian has just made four consecutive birdies to move to three-under for the tournament and -5 for the day.

LYDIA KO BOGEYS 18

The New Zealander missed the fairway on 18 and then missed it again with her lay-up before hitting her wedge into the bunker long.

She wasn't able to save her par so signs for a five-under-par 67 to sit at five-under for the tournament.

She's currently T2nd, three back of Metraux, alongside Korda and Yin.

PIA BABNIK CHIP-IN!

The Slovenian has chipped in for another birdie on the 16th to move up to four-under.

That's five in a row.

BOUTIER REFLECTS ON 76

"Emotionally it was fine. Definitely feel like I left a few shots out there. Had a rough patch in the back and didn't really make as many birdie putts as I did yesterday. So definitely reflected in the score."

BABNIK FINISHES WITH PAR AT 18

The Slovenian pars 18 to shoot a 66 (-6). She's climbed 25 spots up the leaderboard today.

CHARLEY HULL UPDATE

The Englishwoman is playing very nicely today after her disastrous 81 yesterday.

She's four-under thru 14 and bogey-free to climb 17 spots up the leaderboard.

KORDA SETS UP BIRDIE CHANCE AT 14

The World No.1 has wedged it into within 15ft on the par-5 14th to set up a good look at birdie, which would get her up to 2nd.

NELLY'S PAR COMES UP SHORT

Her birdie chance was more like 12ft up the hill with a touch of right-to-left but she just didn't hit it hard enough.

Missed chance there but she's still T2nd.

RUONING YIN WITH A SIMILAR BIRDIE PUTT TO NELLY KORDA

...and she holes it! The World No.5 is up to second.

RUONING YIN HAS BEEN BRILLIANT TODAY

Six birdies and eight pars thru 14 holes for the former World No.1, who won her maiden Major title at last year's KPMG Women's PGA Championship.

NELLY JOINS YIN AT -6

The World No.1 struck a beautiful iron shot into the difficult island-green 15th and hit a perfect putt down the hill from around 15ft for birdie.

Her and playing partner Yin each have six birdies and zero bogeys between them.

NELLY IN THE WATER!

The World No.1 finds the water short of the par-3 16th green.

Did not see that coming.

FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR KORDA

Korda hits her third from the drop zone on the par-3 16th and it comes up well short into the bunker.

She's going to need to get up-and-down for double. Oh, and it's plugged.

TURNING INTO A DISASTER

Korda's bunker shot from that plugged lie comes out thin and it's gone well long, right to the back of the green - the pin is at the front.

She's going to have a difficult two-putt for a triple.

A quadruple-bogey 7 is definitely not out of the question here.

KORDA HITS A GOOD PUTT FOR 5

She has around 6ft for triple on the 16th.

RUONING YIN TO GET TO -7...

From 15ft down the hill, the Chinese star just misses and taps in for a par at 16 to stay six-under.

NELLY KORDA MAKES QUADRUPLE

Despite the hole being just a wedge or 9-iron, Korda has dropped four shots out of absolutely nowhere there.

That's going to hurt.

HOW NELLY KORDA MADE TRIPLE BOGEY

• Tee shot into the water
• Drop
• Wedge from drop zone short into the bunker
• Plugged bunker shot thinned well long
• 3 putts from around 70ft

KORDA'S CADDIE TRYING TO GET HER BACK IN THE GAME

She has just missed the fairway left on 17. It's deep in there so she may struggle to reach the green in regulation.

RUONING YIN ON BOARD THE 17TH SAFELY IN TWO

Another solid green in regulation for the World No.5.

Nelly Korda up next from the left rough, I haven't seen her lie just yet.

KORDA HITS A SOLID APPROACH INTO 17

She gauges it out of the rough from a good lie and it runs up to about 20ft. Very good result.

YIN PARS 17

The World No.5 taps in on 17 for par. She's still bogey-free and six-under for the day, and heads to the 18th looking for another birdie to shoot 65.

KORDA ON COURSE FOR PAR AT 17

Nelly should stay two-under after her birdie chance stays right on the 17th.

NELLY BOGEY

Ok, I gave her that putt back from 3 or 4ft but she pushes it right and she's somehow just made a bogey there from nowhere.

That's five strokes dropped in her last two holes. Agony.

KORDA FINDS THE 18TH IN TWO

She'll have a very long eagle putt from the back of the green.

Two putts for a 70 (-2).

YIN WITH A BIRDIE PUTT ON 18

The World No.5 found the bunker long with her second into the par-5 finishing hole and has hit a sensational bunker shot out that has somehow finished short of the hole.

She'll have inside 10ft to shoot 65 and finish one back of Metraux.

Korda has around 8ft for birdie.

YIN BIRDIES 18!

That's the first bogey-free round of the week. Sensational stuff from the former World No.1 who is one back of the lead after 36 holes.

KORDA BIRDIES 18

Good bounceback from the World No.1

What a crazy finish. Quad-bogey-birdie gets her in at two-under after 36.

Not a disaster.

SENSATIONAL FROM RUONING YIN

NELLY'S 70