SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — New Zealander Lydia Ko tied for the lead with a 4-under 68 Friday and held off her rival with 18 holes remaining to complete a gold medal haul that will see her inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame.

Ko was poised to take the lead heading into the final day at Le Golf National, but Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux pulled away with a 20-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th hole to catch Ko with a 71.

With a score of 9-under 207, the stage was set for a dynamic Olympic final.

That starts with Ko, who won her first LPGA Tour title at age 15 and reached No. 1 in the world for the first time at age 17. Now she is one point — one victory — away from the LPGA Hall of Fame, and she could do it on Saturday. Ko won a silver medal in Rio de Janeiro and a bronze in Tokyo.

“All I can do is just go out there and do my best and shoot quality shots and see where that takes me and hopefully I get a good shot because the Olympics don’t come every day and certainly not every year. So it’s great to be in a position like this. I’m excited to embrace it all.”

Irvine’s Rose Zhang, the decorated American amateur star who won her first tournament as a professional and has not really slowed down, made two eagles on the back nine to make up for a double bogey into the water. That added to her 67. She was two behind with Miyu Yamashita (68).

Still in the mix was Nelly Korda, the world’s No. 1 player and defending Olympic gold medalist. She hit the water on her first hole. She birdied the reachable par-5 third and made bogey. Then she holed out for birdie from 82 yards in the deep rough and stayed in the game with a 70. She was five behind.

Korda watched Scottie Scheffler overcome a six-stroke deficit on the ninth hole on Sunday to win the gold medal.

“Anything could happen,” Korda said.

Five shots behind, Frenchwoman Celine Boutier received the biggest applause again, especially after making triple bogey with three birdies in a row at the end of her 71st shot.

Among those possibilities is Colombia’s Mariajo Uribe, who is aiming for the Olympics to retire. She didn’t have full status on the LPGA Tour this year and traveled the world in search of ranking points for a chance at an Olympic exit.

He was tied for the lead until he made two late bogeys on the final nine to shoot 71. Still, he was four shots behind – two shots away from a chance at the podium.

He didn’t bring any lifesaving equipment because Saturday was his last round. His shoes are in the Colombian colors of red, blue and yellow, and he also has socks with smiley faces on them. He brought a flag to wave on the first tee.

“It’s going to be a great day no matter what,” he said.

Starting the round with a one-shot lead, Metraux appeared to be on the decline when he made three bogeys in four holes to start the back nine. He steadied himself with a birdie on the par-5 14th hole and then hit a hybrid shot over the water to 20 feet for the closing bogey.

Winless on the LPGA for three years, she now finds herself on the same big stage as Zhang, one of the LPGA’s biggest stars of this generation and a future star of the LPGA.

“I was a lot calmer and more composed than I thought I would be,” Metraux said. “Things weren’t going my way for most of the round. But I really stayed patient and it paid off on the last hole.”