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 […]
Rory McIlroy details real reason behind skipping Olympics
January 8, 2017 by
Rory McIlroy has the goods to be one of golf’s all-time greats. (Getty Images) Rory McIlroy caught a lot of flak, from all sides, when he told reporters at the British Open why he wasn’t taking part in golf’s return to the Olympic games. Among other things, McIlroy said he “didn’t get into golf 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 […]
Bubba Watson explains his no-flinch decision to play in the Olympics
July 20, 2016 by
Bubba Watson didn’t hesitate on representing the United States in next month’s Olympic golf tournament in Brazil. Appearing on “The Dan Patrick Show,” Watson told Patrick about his short decision-making process. “As soon as they said I was on the team, it was a go,” Watson said. He explained why the common reasons so many […]
Branden Grace joins the ranks of those skipping the Olympics
July 3, 2016 by
At this point, the question isn’t who’s not playing in the Olympics. It’s: Who actually is playing in the Olympics? South African Branden Grace became the third player just this week to announce he was removing his name from consideration for the 60-player men’s Olympic golf tournament in Brazil in August. Grace, like his fellow […]
IOC member thinks golf should be out of the Olympics without stars
June 27, 2016 by
They’re dropping like flies, or mosquitoes, from the men’s Olympic golf tournament. Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Graeme McDowell, Branden Grace, Marc Leishman, Louis Oosthuizen, Vijay Singh, Tim Wilkinson, Charl Schwartzel and Miguel Angel Jimenez have all withdrawn their names from consideration for the 60-player tournament in Rio. Some have voiced concerns over Zika virus. Others […]
Jason Day concerned over Zika, may back out of Olympics
June 5, 2016 by
Jason Day isn’t sure now if he’s going to represent Australia in the Olympic golf tournament in August. He’s concerned about the spread of Zika virus, and that may cause him to back out of the event. “It’s difficult to say right now,” Day said at the Memorial Tournament. “We’re just really trying to monitor […]
After researching Zika, McIlroy ready to compete in Rio Olympics
June 2, 2016 by
Rory McIlroy has done his homework, and now he’s ready to give his answer: The world No. 3 will play in the Olympic golf tournament. After McIlroy won the Irish Open two weeks ago, McIlroy said he was concerned about the spread of Zika virus and was considering skipping the sport’s return to the Olympic […]
Rory McIlroy ‘monitoring’ Zika spread, may skip Olympics
May 24, 2016 by
Rory McIlroy is engaged (for the second time) and thinking about starting a family in the next couple of years. It’s through that lens that McIlroy appears to have developed concerns about the spread of Zika virus and his potential involvement in the 2016 Olympic golf tournament in Brazil. The Irish Open winner hasn’t ruled […]
Nicklaus calls Scott’s decision to skip Olympics ‘sad’ for sport
April 22, 2016 by
Jack Nicklaus is a proponent of Olympic golf and a believer in what the game’s place on the Olympic program can do for its growth. It’s not surprising, then, that Nicklaus said he was disappointed when world No. 7 Adam Scott announced he would not participate in the men’s Olympic golf tournament in August in […]
