Paris, Metraux enchants and flies to the lead

Alessandra Fanali is in 47th place at the Paris Games with 151 (75 76, +7) strokes after the second round of the women’s individual competition. Round of 76 (+4) for the Italian, who made four birdies, with as many bogeys and two double bogeys.

From the performance at the Ladies Italian Open 2022 to the show at the Olympic Games, the fairy tale of Morgane Metraux – Morgane Metraux is the big surprise of the competition. The 27-year-old from Lausanne, with Italian roots (her maternal grandfather was born in Borgomanero, in the province of Novara), leads the rankings at Le Golf National (par 72) with a score of 136 (70 66, -8) strokes.

Second round in 66 (-6) for the Swiss, who recorded two eagles and four birdies in the first 9 holes, while losing strokes in the second with three bogeys (another birdie in the middle), one of which was on the 18th. Climbing from 3rd position, number 137 in the world, she won the Ladies Italian Open in 2022 at the Golf Club Margara in Fubine Monferrato, in Piedmont.

Her list of achievements includes two successes on the Ladies European Tour and one on the Epson Tour.

Metraux, results

From Lydia Ko to Ruoning Yin, the ascent of the most expected champions. A quadruple bogey stops the comeback of Korda, in tears – Metraux precedes one shot Ruoning Yin, 2nd with 137 (-7) and able to come back from the 13th position with a 65 (-7) bogey free, best score of the day.

Behind the Chinese, number 5 in the world, is the New Zealander Lydia Ko, 3rd with 139 (-5) and silver at the Games of Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and bronze in Tokyo. In 4th place with 140 (-4) are the Colombian Mariajo Uribe and the Slovenian Pia Babnik, among the outsiders of the tournament.

In the Top 10, 6th with 141 (-3), six competitors: among them the French Céline Boutier, who lost the lead by a partial in 76 (+4), and the Thai Atthaya Thitikul. Big regret for Nelly Korda. The American, gold in Japan, is 12th with 142 (-2) together with her compatriot Rose Zhang.

Regret and tears of disappointment for the queen of women’s golf. After playing the first 15 holes perfectly, with six birdies, she stumbled over a quadruple bogey on the 16th (par 3). As if that wasn’t enough, a bogey followed on the 17th, before the birdie, to close, on the 18th.

Alessandra Fanali quotes – “In the first twelve holes I played well, despite a few small mistakes. Then that double bogey on the 13th hole discouraged me. In the end I didn’t believe much of it and that’s my regret. The course doesn’t allow mistakes, I was penalized several times, despite shots I thought were good.

Now there is the ‘moving day’, I hope I can interpret it as well as possible”. The third and penultimate round of Alessandra Fanali starts at 9:33. She plays with the Japanese Yuka Saso and the Spanish Carlota Ciganda.

The tournament live on Discovery Plus. On Rai channels, live links and insights – The tournament will be broadcast live, for all days of the competition, from 9:00 to 18:00 on Discovery Plus. Live links and insights in the columns “Qui Parigi” and “Notti Olimpiche”, on Rai 2 and Rai Sport. The competition will be played over a distance of 72 holes (18 per day), with stroke play formula, without cutting.