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The gold medal is priceless, of course. But the LPGA Hall of Fame point that comes with it might mean even more to Lydia Ko, who become just the 35th member of the prestigious Hall.
Ko also receives an exemption into the AIG Women’s British Open in two weeks, but she’s already in that field as well as the LPGA majors for 2025.
While this will not count as an official LPGA victory, all players in the field receive Rolex Rankings points.
On the podium, Ko received a long, slender box, which goes to all the medal winners in 2024. The box contains a commemorative poster.

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At 27 years old, Lydia Ko has put together one of the best careers in the history of the LPGA. In 2016, she won silver in Rio. Five years later, she earned the bronze medal in Toyko. And on Saturday, Ko captured the gold medal in Paris and a spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame, arguably the hardest hall to get into in sports.

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Medal table | Olympic schedule |How to watch | Olympic news. Lydia Ko has competed in the three Olympics since golf returned to competition and has left the Games each time with a medal. On Saturday, the New Zealand native secured a gold medal for her collection at Le Golf National in Paris after shooting a final-round 71 to finish 10-under par, two shots ahead of silver medalist Esther Henseleit of Germany.

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The 2024 Olympics golf competitions are in the books and the U.S. leaves Paris maintaining its big lead on the medal table.
Scottie Scheffler shot a final-round 62 in the men’s competition at Le Golf National to clinch the top prize by a shot over Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood, who won his nation’s second-ever silver medal. Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama won bronze, the second-ever medal in golf for his country.
Lydia Ko won gold in the women’s competition and has completed the trifecta, after winning silver in 2016 and bronze in 2021. She also accounts for all three of the medals New Zealand has won at the Olympics.
With Germany’s 2024 silver, courtesy of Esther Henseleit, there are now 11 nations that have earned a medal in the five renditions of golf in the Olympics. The first two times were 1900 and 1904, then there was a 112-year hiatus before returning in 2016.



Rank
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total


1
United States
6
3
5
14


2
Great Britain
1
2
1
4


3
New Zealand
1
1
1
3


T-4
Japan
0
1
1
2


T-4
China
0
0
2
2


T-6
Canada
1
0
0
1


T-6
South Korea
1
0
0
1


T-6
Germany
0
1
0
1


T-6
Slovakia
0
1
0
1


T-6
Sweden
0
1
0
1


T-6
Chinese Taipei
0
0
1
1



 

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