u/BriansHeres

So recently I've been replaying ocarina of time because of the remake announcement and I just thought of this after getting to this point in the game. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't really see anything that implies that Ganondorf has already taken the triforce before Link goes back in time. So why does he not just leave the master sword there when he goes back to prevent Ganondorf from taking the triforce? Am I missing something that explains this?