PARIS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Lydia Ko of New Zealand clinched the women's individual stroke play title at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, while China's Lin Xiyu took bronze, tying the country's best Olympic women's golf result in history.
Ko captured gold with a score of 10 under par after four rounds at Le Golf National, beating Germany's Esther Henseleit, who scored eight under par, to second place.
China's Lin finished third with a total score of seven under par, recording an impressive 19 birdies throughout the competition.
Lin maintained a steady performance in the final round on Saturday, registering two birdies on the front nine. She adopted a more aggressive approach in the final stretch, notching three birdies between holes 15 and 18, despite a bogey on the 17th.
"I don't like giving up. When I set my mind on something, I'll find a way to achieve it. I tried to shoot a birdie at hole 14 but missed, which really upset me, but I told myself to enjoy the Games," Lin said after the competition.
Another Chinese golfer Yin Ruoning finished tenth with a score of four under par.
The 21-year-old, competing in her first Olympic Games, had a strong start on Saturday, shooting an eagle and two birdies on the front nine. However, a series of setbacks on the back nine, including four bogeys, made her drop from second to tenth in the end.
"If I hadn't made so many mistakes, I could have had a chance to seize a medal," Yin said.
Looking ahead, Yin remained quite optimistic, saying, "There is still a lot of room for improvement in the next four years. We'll see what will happen in 2028."
Eight years ago, Feng Shanshan clinched a bronze medal at Rio 2016, the first golf medal for China at the Olympics.
