She said Rio organizers were working “to minimize the risk to visitors” from the Zika epidemic and said the International Olympic Committee was following the guidelines of the World Health Organization. This was harder than trying to decide what university to go to, whether to turn professional, to leave school. Whether to turn professional and leave school.
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The golfer An is scheduled to compete at this week’s Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayshire, Scotland.
“I’ve bounced back and forth with it. Ultimately a decision had to be made yesterday [Monday], so I made it”.
Spieth joined Jason Day, Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy in citing concerns over the Zika virus as the reason for pulling out, meaning the world’s top four players in the men’s rankings won’t be in Rio de Janeiro. Some 86,000 police and other security workers will be deployed across the beach-lined and favela-infested metropolis to try to keep the games safe.
The Rio Olympics are going down to the wire with some venues and major infrastructure still being prepared weeks before athletes start arriving.
“I think it’s worth remembering as well that the withdrawals that we’ve experienced have primarily come from four countries: Australia, Ireland, South Africa and the United States”, he said. Every event will be streamed live with the exception of the Opening Ceremony, which will be delayed by an hour so the network can show it exclusively in prime time.
“No offence to the Olympics, but I’d rather be on the Ryder Cup team”. He just “always wanted to have good memories and didn’t want to mess it up by coming here and hitting a drive in a bunker where I shouldn’t or three-putting a hole”.
Rose will have just turned 40 by the time golf is played in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and therefore feels he needs to take what could be his only chance to compete. “I’ll make it a significant goal”.
Women’s golf was not an event in 1904, but George Lyon of Richmond, Ont., won golf in the men’s individual at the St. Louis Olympics, with Americans winning the other individual medals and all three team medals. Anytime I can represent my country, I will be there.
There’s plenty of blame to go around, from skittish golfers who latched on to the threat of the Zika to justify their decisions to tone-deaf executives who made a mess of this year’s schedule, cramming too many important tournaments into too short of a time period.
‘We have invested a huge amount of time and effort on player education and they’ve had no lack of opportunity, I think, to make their own well-informed decisions about what they want to do, ‘ Dawson said.
The lack of quality on the men’s side sets up a distinct possibility that golf’s appearance as an Olympic sport might be a brief one.
“I think that once we understand how those play out in front of a worldwide audience for television, a digital audience, an enthusiastic on-site audience, I think those are the things that we’re going to be focused on”. “I don’t believe I’m old”, Lagat said. I love coming over and playing links golf as well. “I just don’t think it actually matters at this point whether they regard (the Olympics) as much as a major or not, frankly”. Does that mean this week it may? I know, as a player, those are my main motivations.
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He’s already dealt with one tough situation this week. “I look forward to trying to get into contention this week and dealing with the tough conditions”.
