The three women’s golf team members representing Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics have been finalized, including two former NCAA athletes: Rose Zhang (Stanford) and Lilia Vu (UCLA). Nelly Korda rounds out the team — she turned professional at 18 years old and took gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Women’s golf Olympic competition will take place Aug. 7-10 at Le Golf National.
The 2024 Paris Olympics mark just the fourth time that women’s golf has been played on the Olympic stage. Women’s golf was first played at the 1900 Paris Olympics, featuring 10 competitors from both France and the United States. American Margaret Abbott won gold, but interestingly enough, she was never aware of her feat as it was unclear that the women’s golf tournament was even part of the Games. Women’s golf took a hiatus from the Olympics from 1904-2012, making an appearance for the first time in a century at the Rio 2016 Olympics and then again at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Let’s look further into the college careers of Rose Zhang and Lilia Vu:
Rose Zhang, Stanford (2022-23)
Rose Zhang became the first woman to win two individual NCAA golf titles (2022, 2023). Zhang also won consecutive ANNIKA and Honda Sport awards as well as back-to-back WGCA Golfer of the…
