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Olympic golf superintendent: We must get Brazilian kids to play

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Folks who pushed for golf’s return to the Olympic program have lobbied to skeptics inside the sport that exposing the game to a global audience can do nothing but good for its worldwide growth. That impact has to be felt at a local level, too, in Brazil and, specifically, host city Rio de Janeiro. Olympic […]

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Olympic Golf Hopefuls Visit IOC Headquarters

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Lausanne, Switzerland: From the shores of Lake Geneva to the fairways of Rio de Janeiro, the world’s top women golfers had a taste of what to expect in 2016 when they paid a visit to the Olympic Museum and IOC Headquarters ahead of the Evian Championship. Seven golfers from five continents, all with aspirations of […]

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Olympic golf in Boston? It’s possible

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Given that we’re eight-plus years away from the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics, one would think there would be no rush to introduce all the specifics of a possible – and we emphasize that the word possible should be drenched in caution – Boston staging without at first confirming accuracy. After all, there seems […]

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How To Save Olympic Golf

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The last time golf made an appearance at the Olympics, it was 1904, and 10 of the 12 nations participating in the St. Louis games decided there wasn’t room on the team ship for golfers. I imagine it was a particularly sad scene in Southhampton, when a handful of English and Scottish golfers showed up […]

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