‘They chew the grass at night. Although the course is worthy of the recognition, those at the course are often bewildered as they walk around the course.
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“It’s telling them not to take photos in people’s backswing, keep quiet when players are forming a shot, those types of things”, Anthony Scanlon, executive director of the International Golf Federation, told The Times.
The golfers in Rio and the largest rodent in the world co-exist.
Jack Nicklaus was once critical of the top four male golfers skipping the Olympics but he has since had a change of heart, admitting that as a player, he “wasn’t into growing [the game of golf] either”. And it is going to be re-introduced in a country where the sport isn’t that big.
Stenson, who won his first major at The Open Championship in Scotland last month, is the highest ranked player in the field now at world number five.
“This course is more than good, the guys put on a show here”, Da Silva said complimenting groundskeepers and others involved with preparations at Reserva de Marapendi. The par-71 course was built on a sandy and swamp land by American architect Gil Hanse and plays 7,128 yards for the men’s competition and 6,245 for the women’s competition. Bottom: a capybara, left, and an owl can be spotted at the Olympic golf course. While some are meant to notify golfers and the gallery that Brazilian law protects wild plants and animals, some are there to warn them of unsafe animals such as alligators. Obviously, those who are unfamiliar with them would be stunned to see them roaming around a course. Break out the mesh and traps to prevent any attacks! Unlike on tour, though, they aren’t playing for money.
It isn’t as if golfers haven’t encountered natural habitats and problematic animals in the past or anything. The course for the Rio Olympics is home to 263 species of animals.
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RIo organizers said that the Olympic golf tournament will be memorable in more ways than one.
