PARIS – Florida State’s Morgane Metraux, who is playing for her home country of Switzerland, is in a tie for third place with a 2 under-par score of 70 after the first round of the 2024 Olympic Women’s Golf Championship at Le Golf National. Metraux trails only the first-round leader (Celine Boutier of France, 1, -7) and the second-place golfer (Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa, 2, -4) in the race for a gold, silver, or bronze medal after the first 18 holes of play.
Metraux is tied for third place with Gaby Lopez of Mexico, Uribe Mariajo of Columbia, and Vu Lilia of the United States for third place.
Metraux birdied her final two holes of her first round to put herself in contention for a medal with her first-round score of 70. She was three strokes under par on her final six holes of the round with three birdies. Metraux birdied four holes during the round.
Metraux finished the round as one of four golfers under par for the round. The top 11 golfers, after the first round, all within six strokes of the individual lead, with a group of five golfers just one stroke outside currently outside of medal contention.
Metraux begins play at 3:11 a.m. (local time) and will play with Azahara Munoz (Spain) and Bianca Pagdanganan (Philippines) in the second round. The group of Metraux, Munoz, and Pagdanganan will play as the second group off hole the starting tee in the second round.
Metraux, a two-time American at Florida State, is making her Olympic debut.
Golf Channel will air the 2024 Women’s Olympic Golf event on TV.
Olympic Women’s Golf TV scheduleThursday, August 8: 3 a.m.-end of round (Golf Channel)Friday, August 9: 3 a.m.-end of round (Golf Channel)Saturday, August 10: 3 a.m.-end of round (Golf Channel)
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Florida State’s Morgane Metraux ties for third in first round
