Women's Olympic Golf Leaderboard: Home Favorite Celine Boutier Leads After Stunning 65

After Scottie Scheffler won a thrilling men's Olympic golf tournament, it's time for the world's best female golfers to take to the Le Golf National fairways.

France's Perrine Delacour hit the opening tee shot of the women's event, with her fellow Frenchwoman Celine Boutier off to an excellent start to top the leaderboard.

The World No.7 made eight birdies and just one bogey to post a seven-under-par 65.

"I'm really over the moon with the way the tournament started for me. Definitely wasn't sure what to expect today, but I was able to take advantage of a few opportunities out there," she said.

"So I definitely feel good about my round and hopefully keep going for the next few days."

Boutier said the nerves of playing in front of such a passionate home crowd was "challenging" but she had good preparation after watching the men last week.

"Yeah, it's definitely challenging, and it's definitely not something I'm really used to from what I usually experience on the LPGA," she said.

"So it's nice to have that much support. I definitely think that coming last weekend, being able to watch some of the men's round and their tee shots and stuff first definitely helped me out just because I was able to kind of see the support and the crowd that they got and was able to help prepare myself for today and for the rest of the week.

"So it's definitely challenging, but I try to focus on my game. And it's such a tough course that you have to focus on your game. You can't just look around and, you know, laugh with the crowd. So it's definitely nice to have some support, but you definitely have to focus out there."

Her compatriot Delacour struggled in shooting a seven-over 79, while Team GB's Charley Hull shot a surprising nine-over 81.

Lilia Vu briefly led early on but ended with a two-under 70 to sit T3rd. Defending gold medallist and World No.1 Nelly Korda shot a level-par 72, as did Rose Zhang and World No.5 Ruoning Yin.

2022 AIG Women's Open champion Ashleigh Buhai is four-under-par and in second-place, with the only other round in the 60s. The South African made five birdies and only one bogey.

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

Women's Olympic golf leaderboard

• -7 Celine Boutier (France)
• -4 Ashleigh Buhai (South Africa)
• -2 Gaby Lopez (Mexico)
• -2 Morgane Metraux (Switzerland)
• -2 Mariajo Uribe (Colombia)
• -2 Lilia Vu (USA)
• -1 Celine Borge (Norway)
• -1 Xiyu Lin (China)
• -1 Diksha Dagar (India)
• -1 Minjee Lee (Australia)
• -1 Miyu Yamashita (Japan)
• -1 Alena Sharp (Canada)
• E Manon De Roey (Belgium)
• E Aditi Ashok (India)
• E Esther Henseleit (Germany)
• E Rose Zhang (USA)
• E Nelly Korda (USA)
• E Ruoning Yin (China)
• E Ashley Lau (Malaysia)
• E Bianca Pagdanganan (Philippines)
• E Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland)
• E Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand)
• E Amy Yang (South Korea)
• E Lydia Ko (New Zealand)
• +1 Jin Young Ko (South Korea)
• +1 Carlota Ciganda (Spain)
• +1 Emily Kristine Pedersen (Denmark)
• +1 Maja Stark (Sweden)
• +1 Sara Kouskova (Czech Republic)
• +2 Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Denmark)
• +2 Brooke Henderson (Canada)
• +2 Linn Grant (Sweden)
• +2 Wei-Ling Hsu (Chinese Taipei)
• +2 Georgia Hall (Great Britain)
• +2 Pia Babnik (Slovenia)
• +3 Anne van Dam (Netherlands)
• +3 Alessandra Fanali (Italy)
• +3 Emma Spitz (Austria)
• +3 Sarah Schober (Austria)
• +4 Peiyun Chien (Chinese Taipei)
• +4 Hyo Joo Kim (South Korea)
• +4 Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand)
• +4 Dottie Ardina (Philippines)
• +4 Madelene Stavnar (Norway)
• +4 Anna Forsterling (Germany)
• +5 Hannah Green (Australia)
• +5 Klara Davidson Spilkova (Czech Republic)
• +5 Yuka Saso (Japan)
• +5 Ana Belac (Slovenia)
• +6 Stephanie Meadow (Ireland)
• +6 Maria Fassi (Mexico)
• +6 Shannon Tan (Singapore)
• +6 Azahara Munoz (Spain)
• +6 Paula Reto (South Africa)
• +6 Leona Maguire (Ireland)
• +6 Ines Laklalech (Morocco)
• +7 Perrine Delacour (France)
• +9 Charley Hull (Great Britain)
• +10 Ursula Wilkstrom (Finland)
• +12 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