Gaby López made three bogeys and five birdies after her first 18 holes and faced a very demanding course.
The Mexican Gaby Lopez made a good debut in the first round of the women’s olympic golf which was held at Le Golf National. The Mexico City native finished with a 70-stroke card and was 2 under par for a four-way tie for third place.
Gaby Lopez He made three bogeys and five birdies after his first 18 holes and faced a very demanding course that presented significant difficulty on the greens.
The Mexican golfer bogeyed at the first flag, but immediately went to par and below par on holes three and four. She added one more bogey at the end of her first round. Meanwhile, on the second nine, she bogeyed once more on the 12th and then held on and closed with three consecutive birdies, from 16 to 18.
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Thus, Gaby Lopez She finished with -2 and is tied with the Swiss Morgane Metraux, the Colombian Maria Uribe and the American one Lilia Vu.
For its part, the French Celine Boutiernumber seven in the world ranking, handed in a dazzling 65 stroke card and finished -7 under par, thus becoming the first leader of the women’s golf tournament in Paris 2024In second place is South African Ashleigh Buhai at -4.
Boutier, one of the favourites, was brilliant in all aspects of her game at Le Golf Nationale, hitting the fairways and making no mistakes with her approaches to the greens. She also controlled her putting and finished the day with eight birdies and just one bogey.
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Maria Fassi debuts with problems
Maria Fassi She is the other Mexican who is contesting the Paris 2024 Olympic GamesThe Hidalgo native finished in T50 after signing a card of 78 strokes to finish with a +6. Although she finished the first nine holes with a par, the nightmare came on the second nine, where she made four bogeys and a double bogey on the par 4 of hole 15.
Despite all this, Fassi has the opportunity to make up some places in the second round this Friday once he understands the complexity of Le Golf National.