KAWAGOE, Japan – Final-round play at the Olympic women’s golf competition was suspended Saturday at 12:26 p.m. JST (11:26 p.m. ET Friday) because of dangerous weather with the final group on the 71st hole.
American Nelly Korda, whose lead had been trimmed to one stroke, had just teed off on the 17th hole when the horn sounded. Japan’s Mone Inami was alone in second place followed by India’s Aditi Ashok and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko.
Officials had moved up final-round tee times and sent the field off the first and 10th tees in an attempt to avoid Tropical Storm Mirinae, which is forecast to linger over the Tokyo area the next two days.
Full-field scores from the Olympic Women’s Competition
The forecast improves after 2 p.m. local time, and officials are confident they will be able to complete 72 holes, which would include a playoff for the bronze medal (Ashok and Ko) based on the current leaderboard.
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