-YOUTH SERVED: Thrasher topped her spectacular spring where she won three NCAA titles and a spot on the U.S. Olympic team by upsetting China’s Li Du, a two-time gold medallist, to capture the 10-meter air rifle title.
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Rickie Fowler poses with his caddie Joe Skovron at a practice for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Olympic Golf Course on August 7, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
“We got a great head start in the U.S. because of the support they had in their schools and their colleges growing up”, said Scott Blackmun, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee. I have a few nice trophies at home and it would be nice to hang an Olympic medal next to them. But Olympic golf will be even more worldwide. The King discussed the state of the game and said, ” This is golf in the Olympics.
The 27-year-old Fowler has only one top 30 finish in his last seven starts around the globe, so hopefully he’ll be able to play an uninterrupted practice round before the competition kicks off later this week. “When people turn on the TV to watch sports the one event where they can see nearly all the top athletes is the Olympics”. Recap Day 3 with these 26 photos of Team USA at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson pulled out, too.
“I love that everybody is supporting us, but I’d rather not hear chants against Brazil”, said Argentina star Manu Ginobili. So it would help for golf to put on a good show. I wouldn’t want to get into a fight with it.
To be fair, this wasn’t an exercise in finger pointing or Monday morning quarterbacking. But when it’s once every four years, I think it’s something you can certainly make an exception for. Due to mass concerns about Zika virus, transportation, uninhabitable living quarters and lack of security; booking a plane ticket to these Olympic Games may not have been as easy of a decision. In Brazil, golf means something much different. We’re concentrating on those players who are here.
Bubba Watson was desperately trying to land tickets to the handball competition.
Reed, separately, planned to attend Tuesday’s swimming events.
“Justin Rose major champion and Olympic golf medallist would sound incredibly good to me”. I have lived in San Antonio. I always had hope I could make it. “It’s nothing new”, he said. “Being an outdoor sport there are three things you have to do – wear sunscreen, wear bug spray and you have to hydrate”.
Palmer believes that Olympic golf has the potential to become as important as the four majors that have traditionally dominated the golfing calendar. So far in Rio the country has won 13 medals, five of them gold.
This eye-opening new experience wasn’t enough to lure world number one Jason Day, US Open champion Dustin Johnson, 2015 Masters and US Open victor Jordan Spieth and four-time major victor Rory McIlroy to Rio. “I’ll be rooting for the U.S., but pulling for the sport of golf”. Fowler’s regular reminders from Rio will probably serve as little more than good-natured ribbing.
RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilians brought a soccer fan’s raucous attitude to the Rio Games on Monday, wildly cheering their own athletes, booing and mocking opponents – and creating uncomfortable moments for Olympic athletes unaccustomed to no-holds-barred partisanship.
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“There were amusing circumstances this year that led guys to not participate”.
