Who is Morgane Metraux? Everything you need to know about the Florida State golfer shining at the Olympics

Morgane Metraux is sitting atop the 2024 Paris Olympics leaderboard with Celine Boutier. Metraux is representing Switzerland and leads the Olympics after round one with a 7-under 70. In the first round, she dropped four birdies and had two bogeys to settle her score at 70. Currently, she's playing the second round and has dropped four birdies and two eagles on the first nine holes.

The Swiss passed out of Florida State University and played on the Symetra Tour. After winning the 2021 Island Resort Championship on her former tour, Metraux qualified for the LPGA Tour in 2022. She has also been playing on the LET Tour since 2020. In her professional career, the golfer won the 2022 Ladies Italian Open in a playoff against Alessandra Fanali and Meghan MacLaren.

She also won the Jabra Ladies Open in 2024 against Agathe Sauzon and Chiara Tamburlini. Her total score was 10-under 203. Morgane Metraux opened with five birdies on holes 4, 5, 11, 15, and 16. The round also had a bogey to finish at 67.

In the next round, Metraux scored three birdies on the front nine and three birdies on the back nine. The first hole was bogeyed and the last hole had an eagle to secure 64. In the third round, the golfer dropped four birdies and bogeyed five holes to land at 72.

Besides her wins on the LET Tour, the LPGA golfer reached the top 20 at the Amundi Evian Championship in 2023. Her position was T16 with a 3-under 281, marking her best best finish in a major tournament. Her best finish at the Women's PGA Championship was T70 in 2024 and a T69 finish at the Women's British Open in 2023.

She couldn't make it through the cutline at the US Women's Open and didn't play at the Chevron Championship.

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Morgane Metraux expressed her excitement to represent Switzerland at the Olympics

Morgane Metraux expressed her happiness at being selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics. She also stated how she was selected for the Tokyo Olympics but couldn’t participate because she was supposed to get her LPGA card at the same time.

“It's really cool to play in the Olympics and represent Switzerland…I qualified to go to Tokyo, but unfortunately, I had to turn the invitation down because of my chances of getting my LPGA card on Symetra (Tour) at the time. I was really happy that I was able to qualify again and actually be here this time,” Morgane Metraux said via Seminole.

She continued, “I'm really excited. We don't play for our country very much. I think in professional golf, the only really patriotic thing is the Solheim Cup, which I have not been a part of yet. It's really cool to be able to have this opportunity.”

The Olympics Women's Golf concludes on Saturday and it's to see if the Swiss golfer can win the gold medal.