Olympic Golf

“With golf, I’ve never understood why it isn’t an Olympic sport? Meets all the criteria that you would need, I would have thought:
- A well maintained and documented distinction between Amateurs and Professionals, so can keep with Olympic tradition and be Amateurs only;
- All countries play it;
- Could be match play or stroke – either way you could easily get the winner within 4 days – a week;
- Most countries have a national amateur championship, so selection would be easy;
- Any country hosting the Olympics would have a course that would be up to it; and
-
The crowd would enjoy it.
I’ve always entertained the idea of writing to the Olympic committee to see why it isn’t included.”
Recent stories:
OPINION Tiresome shake-up of professional golf is a circus and bad for public golf
Open champion Cameron Smith won't comment on LIV Golf League rumour
WATCH Shoe Golf with Jimmy Fallon and Michael Strahan
Nick Faldo breaks down as he departs golf commentary
Ashleigh Buhai wins the AIG Women’s Open after play-off for first major title: video highlights