🏌🏻Can Korda Replicate Scheffler's Feat?

Good Morning! The final round of the women’s event at the Olympics is in progress and it’s heading towards a fascinating finish - catch all the live action on Golf Channel and Peacock.

And, before you head out to the golf course this weekend, don’t forget to check out our co-ordination drills (Driving Range) to help you stay in posture.

Fun Fact: Scottie Scheffler's back nine 29 in the final round of the Paris Olympics is his lowest 9-hole score in any round in 2024.

⛳ This day in history: In a date coincidence, the final two PGA championships Jack Nicklaus won were on this date - August 10.

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Olympics: Nelly Korda Mounts A Strong Comeback

Scottie Scheffler trailed by six shots early on the back nine before putting together a come-from-behind victory for the ages in Paris. World No 1 Nelly Korda is in a position to replicate Scheffler’s feat - she sits five back as she looks to win a second gold medal in an already stunning six-win season.

Korda has had a rollercoaster week so far in France, trudging through six three-putts while still thrilling the crowds. The most memorable hole of the day for Korda was the par-4 seventh, where she hit an errant tee shot and then later holed out from 82 yards for birdie.

Korda shot 70 in Round 3, good enough for a share of seventh.

🚀 Ko & Metraux Lead: Morgane Metraux eagled the 18th hole to reclaim a share of the lead with New Zeland’s Ko, a 20-time winner on the LPGA who cheered for Metraux every set of the way.

While Metraux’s big sister Kim, who competes on the LET, isn’t on the grounds in Paris this week, she is being cheered on by her 85-year-old grandmother, Odette.

Meanwhile, Ko has a chance to do something Saturday that might not ever be repeated in golf – win a third different Olympic medal. If she goes on to win Gold, she will also enter the LPGA Hall of Fame.

📍Rose In Contention: Rose Zhang’s third round included two eagles and a double-bogey as the American managed to make big moves on Moving Day. Zhang’s 67 puts her two back of the leaders and in position to give Team US a gold medal once again in the Olympic Games.

🏌‍♀Home Favorite: There’s still a chance for Frenchwoman Celine Boutier to find herself on a podium Saturday. The only French player to win the Amundi Evian Championship, Boutier knows what it’s like to win a big event with the weight of a country on her shoulders.

Boutier’s third-round 71 puts her in a share of seventh at 4 under, five back of the leaders.

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WEEKEND READING
How Many Golfers Are There In The World?

There are two governing bodies for golf globally - the United States Golf Association (USGA) governs golf in the US and Mexico, and The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) governs the game in the rest of the world, and has 146 countries affiliated to it.

⛳️ The R&A’s Global Golf Participation Report for 2023 found that in those 146 countries affiliated to the R&A, there are 61.2 million adults who were engaged with golf in some way, 39.6m of whom play 9- or 18-hole golf. The others participate in golf in various other ways such as at driving ranges or on golf simulators.

The survey found a 15% rise on 9- and 18-hole golfers since the previous survey in 2020.

⛳️ The countries affiliated to the R&A with the most golfers are: Japan 8.143 million; Canada 5.588m; South Korea 5.350m; England 3.407m and Germany 2.117 million.

⛳️ The National Golf Foundation’s most recent survey of golf in the US, in 2023, found that 26.6 million people played on a golf course in and another 18.4 million participated exclusively in off-course golf activities at places such as driving ranges, indoor golf simulators, or golf entertainment venues.

It also found that more than a third of Americans over the age of five engage with golf in some way, even if only by reading about it or by watching it online or on television.

⛳️ In the US, 26% of on-course golfers are women. The game is increasing in popularity with women in this country as shown by the finding that 45% of beginners and 37% of juniors are female, and 41% of off-course participants.

The country with the largest proportion of female golfers is South Korea, with 45% of its adult registered golfers being female. Germany comes next, at 36%, and then the Netherlands, at 32%.

DRIVING RANGE
Co-ordination Drills To Stay In Posture

In today's video, we share three drills to improve co-ordination and foundational movements in your golf swing.

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