RIO DE JANEIRO – Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., shot a 4-over-par 75 and is tied for eighth at 4-under heading into the fourth and final round of the women’s Olympic golf competition Saturday.
Henderson had four bogeys Friday, plus a four-putt double-bogey on the 16th hole. She began the day in a tie for 3rd at 8-under. The 18-year-old is seven-shots behind leader Inbee Park of South Korea
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Brittany and Brooke Henderson (IGF)
Park sits two-shots ahead of New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and Gerina Piller of the United States, who both are at 9-under.
The wind was a factor for many golfers as the gusty conditions on the Olympic Golf Course in Brazil, but not for Ko. On the par-3 eighth hole, the 19-year-old drained carded her first-ever hole-in-one. Earlier on the same hole, China’s Xi Yu Lin, 20, carded an ace of her own.
It’s been a theme in golf! Now it’s #NZL Lydia Ko with a hole-in-one on 8. #Golf https://t.co/YW6JVZmoZq https://t.co/Kv4kQrq0Iz
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 19, 2016
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Alena Sharp of Hamilton also had a 75 and is tied for 34th at 3-over 216.