Vista geral do Kasumigaseki Country Club, em Tóquio. Foto: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) Facing an ultimatum, 2020 Olympic golf tournament host Kasumigaseki Country Club has voted to admit female members, satisfying a condition of ending its all-male membership to continue as host of both golf tournaments for the Tokyo games. Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic […]
2020 Olympic golf host club delays vote on accepting female members
February 8, 2017 by
Peter Dawson helped shepherd golf to a successful Olympic return in 2016. (Getty Images) Kasumigaseki Country Club, which is set to host the men’s and women’s golf tournaments in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, has delayed a vote on ending its all-male membership policy. The vote stalled Tuesday, with the head of the club’s board […]
Rory McIlroy unlikely to compete in 2020 Olympic golf tournament
January 14, 2017 by
Rory McIlroy has said he “resents” the Olympics for forcing him into an awkward choice. (Getty Images) Don’t expect to see Rory McIlroy in the Parade of Nations at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Ahead of this week’s BMW SA Open in South Africa, the reigning FedEx Cup champion said he doesn’t intend to […]
2020 PGA Championship could be played in May for Olympics
November 12, 2016 by
Jimmy Walker won the PGA Championship this year. (Getty Images) This year’s PGA Championship was moved up several weeks from its typical August date to accommodate the sport’s return to the Olympic program. What is usually the season’s final major appears set to be the second major of the year in 2020, when golf is […]
Lee Westwood eyes 2020 European Ryder Cup captaincy
April 1, 2016 by
Lee Westwood has eyes on becoming the European Ryder Cup captain in 2020. The soon-to-be 43-year-old thinks that he’d make a great leader for the biennial matches by the time the series gets to Whistling Straits, site of last year’s PGA Championship, in four years. “It’s four years away, but I’d love to do it,” Westwood […]
