2016 Olympics women’s golf tournament tee times and pairings: Round 1
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2016 Olympics women’s golf tournament tee times and pairings: Round 1

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The 2016 women's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will start on Wednesday with a major-caliber field of the top women's players in the world.

World No. 1 Lydia Ko goes off in the final group on Wednesday at 11:09 a.m. local time with Anna Nordqvist and Charley Hull.

World No. 3 Brooke Henderson draws Suzann Pettersen and American Lexi Thompson for the first two rounds, playing Round 1 at 9:14 a.m.

The Women's British Open winner Ariya Jutanugarn is grouped with Sei Young Kim and newlywed American Stacy Lewis, playing in Round 1 at 10:58 a.m.

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2016 Olympic women's golf tournament tee times for Round 1

All times are Eastern +1

7:30 a.m. -- Miriam Nagl, Leona Maguire, Kelly Tan

7:41 a.m. -- Shiho Oyama, Catriona Matthew, Laetitia Beck

7:52 a.m. -- Nicole Broch Larsen, In Gee Chun, Paula Reto

8:03 a.m. -- Pornanong Phatlum, Giulia Molinaro, Caroline Masson

8:14 a.m. -- Candie Kung, Gwladys Nocera, Mariajo Uribe

8:25 a.m. -- Maha Haddioui, Alejandra Llaneza, Ursula Wikstrom

8:41 a.m. -- Tiffany Chan, Fabienne In-Albon, Victoria Lovelady

8:52 a.m. -- Stephanie Meadow, Michelle Koh, Nanna Koerstz Madsen

9:03 a.m. -- Gerina Piller, Azahara Munoz, Inbee Park

9:14 a.m. -- Brooke Henderson, Suzann Pettersen, Lexi Thompson

9:25 a.m. -- Teresa Lu, Albane Valenzuela, Marianne Skarpnord

9:36 a.m. -- Carlota Ciganda, Maria Verchenova, Aditi Ashok

9:47 a.m. -- Haru Nomura, Pernilla Lindberg, Ashley Simon

10:03 a.m. -- Christine Wolf, Julieta Granada, Karine Icher

10:14 a.m. -- Klara Spilkova, Su Oh, Chloe Leurquin

10:25 a.m. -- Gaby Lopez, Alena Sharp, Shanshan Feng

10:36 a.m. -- Minjee Lee, Hee Young Yang, Sandra Gal

10:47 a.m. -- Giulia Sergas, Xiyu Lin, Noora Tamminen

10:58 a.m. -- Stacy Lewis, Ariya Jutanugarn, Sei Young Kim

11:09 a.m. -- Lydia Ko, Anna Nordqvist, Charley Hull

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