As was the case with the men’s Olympic competition, International Golf Federation officials have appropriately given the honour of hitting the opening tee shot of the 2021 Olympic women’s golf tournament to a player from the host country.
Japan’s Mone Inami will be the first player off when the women’s event begins tomorrow Wednesday at Kasumigaseki Country Club at 7:30am local time (8:30am, AEST). Inami will be playing in the threesome with Maria Fassi of Mexico and Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland. (Side note: You might recall that Sepp Straka was in the opening pairing of the men’s tournament and shot a 63 to take the early lead last week.)
ANA Inspiration winner Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand and Amundi Evian Championship winner Minjee Lee of Australia are paired together along with 2020 AIG Women’s British Open winner Sophia Popov. They tee off at 11:14am, AEST. Lee’s compatriot Hannah Green begins her campaign at 1:36pm, AEST, alongside fellow past KPMG Women’s PGA Championship winners Danielle Kang (USA) and Sei Young Kim (South Korea).
There are several interesting pairings to follow, most notably the threesome of Inbee Park, Lydia Ko and Shanshan Feng that tees off at 9:41am, AEST. The trio from South Korea, New Zealand and China won gold, silver and bronze at the 2016 Rio Games.
Here are all the first and second-round tee-times at Kasumigaseki Country Club (Australia’s east coast is one hour ahead of Tokyo, while Western Australia – the home state of both Australian representatives – is one hour behind):
ROUND 1
First tee
7:30am
Mone INAMI, Japan
Maria FASSI, Mexico
Albane VALENZUELA, Switzerland
7:41am
Kelly TAN, Malaysia
Alena SHARP, Canada
Anne VAN DAM, The Netherlands
7:52am
Leona MAGUIRE, Ireland
Bianca PAGDANGANAN, The Philippines
Matilda CASTREN, Finland
8:03am
Mel REID, Great Britain
Caroline MASSON, Germany
Anna NORDQVIST, Sweden
8:14am
Nasa HATAOKA, Japan
Jin Young KO, South Korea
Nelly KORDA, USA
8:25am
Brooke HENDERSON, Canada
Lexi THOMPSON, USA
Yuka SASO, The Philippines
8:41am
Inbee PARK, South Korea
Lydia KO, New Zealand
Shanshan FENG, China
8:52am
Sanna NUUTINEN, Finland
Maria TORRES, Puerto Rico
Tiffany CHAN, Hong Kong
9:03am
Klara SPILKOVA, Czech Republic
Manon DE ROEY, Belgium
Christine WOLF, Austria
9:14am
Maha HADDIOUI, Morocco
Lucrezia COLOMBOTTO ROSSO, Italy
Daniela DARQUEA, Ecuador
9:25am
Nanna KOERSTZ MADSEN, Denmark
Aditi ASHOK, India
Giulia MOLINARO, Italy
9:36am
Wei-Ling HSU, Chinese Taipei
Azahara MUNOZ, Spain
Jodi EWART SHADOFF, Great Britain
9:47am
Xiyu LIN, China
Emily Kristine PEDERSEN, Denmark
Madelene SAGSTROM, Sweden
10:03am
Jessica KORDA, USA
Celine BOUTIER, France
Gaby LOPEZ, Mexico Gaby Mexico
10:14am
Minjee LEE, Australia
Patty TAVATANAKIT, Thailand
Sophia POPOV, Germany
10:25am
Ariya JUTANUGARN, Thailand
Hyojoo KIM, South Korea
Carlota CIGANDA, Spain
10:36am
Danielle KANG, USA
Hannah GREEN, Australia
Sei Young KIM, South Korea
10:47am
Min LEE, Chinese Taipei
Stephanie MEADOW, Ireland
Perrine DELACOUR, France
10:58am
Mariajo URIBE, Colombia
Pia BABNIK, Slovenia
Magdalena SIMMERMACHER, Argentina
11:09am
Diksha DAGAR, India
Kim METRAUX, Switzerland
Tonje DAFFINRUD, Norway
ROUND 2
First tee
7:30am
Nanna KOERSTZ MADSEN, Denmark
Aditi ASHOK, India
Giulia MOLINARO, Italy
7:41am
Wei-Ling HSU, Chinese Taipei
Azahara MUNOZ, Spain
Jodi EWART SHADOFF, Great Britain
7:52am
Xiyu LIN, China
Emily Kristine PEDERSEN, Denmark
Madelene SAGSTROM, Sweden
8:03am
Jessica KORDA, USA
Celine BOUTIER, France
Gaby LOPEZ, Mexico Gaby Mexico
8:14am
Minjee LEE, Australia
Patty TAVATANAKIT, Thailand
Sophia POPOV, Germany
8:25am
Ariya JUTANUGARN, Thailand
Hyojoo KIM, South Korea
Carlota CIGANDA, Spain
8:41am
Danielle KANG, USA
Hannah GREEN, Australia
Sei Young KIM, South Korea
8:52am
Min LEE, Chinese Taipei
Stephanie MEADOW, Ireland
Perrine DELACOUR, France
9:03am
Mariajo URIBE, Colombia
Pia BABNIK, Slovenia
Magdalena SIMMERMACHER, Argentina
9:14am
Diksha DAGAR, India
Kim METRAUX, Switzerland
Tonje DAFFINRUD, Norway
9:25am
Mone INAMI, Japan
Maria FASSI, Mexico
Albane VALENZUELA, Switzerland
9:36am
Kelly TAN, Malaysia
Alena SHARP, Canada
Anne VAN DAM, The Netherlands
9:47am
Leona MAGUIRE, Ireland
Bianca PAGDANGANAN, The Philippines
Matilda CASTREN, Finland
10:03am
Mel REID, Great Britain
Caroline MASSON, Germany
Anna NORDQVIST, Sweden
10:14am
Nasa HATAOKA, Japan
Jin Young KO, South Korea
Nelly KORDA, USA
10:25am
Brooke HENDERSON, Canada
Lexi THOMPSON, USA
Yuka SASO, The Philippines
10:36am
Inbee PARK, South Korea
Lydia KO, New Zealand
Shanshan FENG, China
10:47am
Sanna NUUTINEN, Finland
Maria TORRES, Puerto Rico
Tiffany CHAN, Hong Kong
10:58am
Klara SPILKOVA, Czech Republic
Manon DE ROEY, Belgium
Christine WOLF, Austria
11:09am
Maha HADDIOUI, Morocco
Lucrezia COLOMBOTTO ROSSO, Italy
Daniela DARQUEA, Ecuador
PHOTO: Mike Ehrmann
