Bubba Watson during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Golf Course on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Despite heading into the event as the USA’s second-ranked player and a favorite to medal, Fowler looked lost during the first two rounds.
DeLaet, who has struggled with the yips in his short game so badly that he took six weeks off this summer, was in the first group to honor George Lyon, the Canadian who last won a gold medal in golf at the St. Louis Games.
“It depends”, Watson admitted Tuesday in Rio, as the US men’s Olympic golf team met the media in advance of Thursday’s first round.
This is a big deal for golf, which will benefit from worldwide exposure.
“It’s certainly not helpful, but now we are looking forward and concentrating on those players who are here”, International Golf Federation President Peter Dawson said.
Americans Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson withdrew from Olympic consideration – as did Australia’s Jason Day, Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, to name a few – and some anxious how far the dominos would fall.
At this point, it’s irrelevant.
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I got into golf to win. He was joined by Italy’s Matteo Manassero, who was 16 at the time, along with Suzann Pettersen and Michelle Wie, the only one among the foursome who did not qualify for the Games. I hope the women get the attention they deserve. “I’ve seen a couple of mosquitoes but nothing insane”. “It’s so cool, and to have this opportunity is just awesome”. There’s still time. That’s the one thing about this sport and the Olympics is you have 72 holes of golf. British Open champion Henrik Stenson, an imposing figure in golf, felt small next to some of the other athletes in the gym at the Olympic Village.
Matt Kuchar, who earned his spot in the field when Spieth and Johnson withdrew, spent Monday playing “tourist” with his wife and watching Round 4 of the table tennis competition.
“Everybody’s catchable but that doesn’t mean he will be caught”, Watson said. All four planned to attend the swimming finals Tuesday night to cheer on golf nut Michael Phelps.
“This is where I want to be”, Fraser said, a remark that described both his presence and his standing atop the leaderboard after setting the course record of 63.
Five Americans were together on the Olympic Golf Course, checking out everything from the three types of sand in the bunkers to which side of the fairway allowed for the best angle to the green during a practice round Tuesday. “This week, you have 60 guys playing, and we are all winners”.
“I didn’t hit it a whole lot better than I did yesterday”, he added. “There may be some personal message that have been sent back and forth”. They appreciated me big time.
“Overall I would say disappointing”, Reed said.
Golf’s leaders said the Olympics would help change the prevailing view that their sport is elitist, in turn opening it up worldwide. We can come back out, and I’m planning on.
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“I think everyone enjoys the fact they’ve done such a god job with the course and it’s in a natural environment”. It belongs, because it’s a grand game, played by athletes who don’t dope or cheat.
