Team USA’s defending champion Nelly Korda made a disastrous quadruple-bogey seven on the par-3 16th in the second round of the Olympic Golf Competition in Paris.
Nelly Korda had a tough finish in Paris
Nelly Korda cruised into contention to successfully defend her gold medal in the Olympic Golf Competition before disaster struck on the par-3 16th.
Team USA’s Korda, 26, opened with a level-par 72 on Wednesday and then moved serenely into contention on the front nine of her second round on Thursday.
The runaway World No.1 made four birdies on the outward nine and then added two more on the 11th and 15th to move into T2 and hot on the heels of 36-hole leader Morgane Metraux of Switzerland.
But then the wheels well and truly came off for Korda on the par-3 16th.
She plunged her ball into the lake short of the green and then hit her third shot into the greenside bunker.
To compound things, the ball plugged in the sand.
She splashed out to the back of the green and then three-putted from there.
It all added up to a quadruple-bogey seven to send Korda from 6-under par for the tournament to 2-under par.
