Women's Olympic Golf: Best Bets, Course Info, and Key Stats

The men's Olympic golf competition gave us quite the leaderboard and an exciting end before Scottie Scheffler went out and earned the gold.

Now, the women take on Le Golf National with Nelly Korda leading the field as the reigning gold medalist.

Here's all you need to know about the event.

Le Golf National Course Key Stats

• Greens in Regulation (GIR)
• Driving Accuracy
• Putts per Green in Regulation
• Birdie Rate

Based on DP World Tour stops at Le Golf National and the men's event here last week, a clear trend emerges: ball-striking matters.

We've had four Open de Frances with ShotLink data on the DP World Tour, and the winners ranked third, second, second, and ninth in strokes gained: approach.

Last week, Scheffler led the field in approach and was third in strokes gained: off the tee. He actually was below-average in strokes gained: putting. With that said, Tommy Fleetwood (5th), Hideki Matsuyama (7th), and Victor Perez (2nd) were all top-10 in putting -- while also sitting top-16 approach.

Ball-striking should win out. Without strokes gained data for the women, we'll look to GIR instead.

Olympic Women's Golf Best Bets

Rose Zhang (USA)

• Odds To Win (+1800)

To set the tone here, my model is lower on Nelly Korda than consensus, given her recent performance. This is creating some opportunity for the second-tier favorites to shine, which is why I'm honing in on that range.

Zhang won the Cognizant Founders Cup in early May and then withdrew from the Mizuho Americas Open due to illness before missing the cut at the U.S. Women's Open to end the month.

Since then, she has finished T35 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, T29 at the Dow Championship, T39 at the Amundi Evian Championship, and T6 at the CPKC Women's Open.

Statistically, Zhang plays above her baseline at courses comparable to Le Golf National, and her statistical ceiling is one of the highest in the field, as well.

Ruoning Yin (China)

• Odds To Win (+2000)

Yin is fresh off of a win at the Dow Championship to follow up a T24 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and a T12 at the U.S. Women's Open.

She ranks 36th on Tour in accuracy and top-45 in both GIR and putts per GIR.

Those stats alone don't stand out, but once adjusting scores for field strength and looking at comparable courses, her numbers are a lot more impressive.

In terms of her mathematical ceiling, she's fifth in this field, per my model.

Celine Boutier (France)

• Odds To Win (+2000)

Victor Perez couldn't get it done for France and reach the podium on the men's side, but Boutier is a name to watch this week.

Boutier's key stats are pretty solid (47th in accuracy, 38th in GRI%, and 27th in putts per GIR), and most notably, she plays comp courses very well and has one of the biggest course fit boosts in the field, per my model.

Boutier finished T39 at the Amundi Evian Championship after a T17 at the Dow Championship and a T19 at the KPMG Women's Championship.

Georgia Hall (Great Britain)

• Odds To Win (+4500)

Hall has a pretty balanced profile across the board without any standout stats for the LPGA Tour season, and that's not the worst thing in the world.

Hall also plays above her long-term baseline at comparable courses to Le Golf National over the last 18 months.

Hall's entering with a T12 at the Meijer LPGA Classic, a T52 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, a T5 at the Dow Championship, and a T17 at the Amundi Evian Championship.

Keep an eye out for the top-10 market for Hall once it's posted.

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