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SWING! Golf exhibition in the Olympic Museum’s Gallery now open

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SWING! A must-see exhibition in the Olympic Museum’s Gallery from 9 December 2015 to 31 January 2016.  Admission is free.

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Rio course handed to Olympic organizers, deemed ready for 2016 Games

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The construction of the golf course for the 2016 Rio Olympics has had everything thrown its way, from significant delays to protests from environmentalists to inquiries on alleged misconduct for a public official. But on Sunday, the course finally was handed over to Olympic organizers, as Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes deemed the course “ready for the Olympic Games.” […]

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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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Rio Olympic golf course will get first test in March

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A top official of the International Golf Federation said Wednesday that the new course for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will get its first test in March with a one-day exhibition event featuring three or four of the top male and female players. Players have not yet been selected. ”We’re in conversations with […]

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Legacy Plans in Place for Rio Olympic Golf Course

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: By the time the first test event at the Olympic Games golf venue takes place early next year a total of 35 Jacobsen turf maintenance machines will be employed at the Gil Hanse-designed course. In the interim, Jacobsen’s Product Support Manager, Andrew Echenique, will be providing technical training for Course Superintendent […]

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Work goes on at Rio Olympics golf course

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A Rio de Janeiro judge has rejected prosecutors’ request to halt construction at the Olympic golf course, clearing a major hurdle in the sport’s return to the games after a 112-year absence. It was the second-consecutive legal defeat by prosecutors who claim the course is being built without the necessary environmental impact studies and other […]

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Rio Olympics 2016: Activists Protest Olympics Meeting Over Golf Course Concerns

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A small group of protesters disrupted a meeting of the International Olympics Committee Saturday to draw attention to the environmental destruction caused by preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games set for Rio de Janeiro. The Associated Press reported a group of environmental activists protested in the lobby of a hotel at Rio’s Copacabana Beach where the executive […]

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2016: Activists Protest Meeting Over Golf Course Concerns

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A small group of protesters disrupted a meeting of the International Olympics Committee Saturday to draw attention to the environmental destruction caused by preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games set for Rio de Janeiro. The Associated Press reported a group of environmental activists protested in the lobby of a hotel at Olympic Games where the executive board of […]

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For Olympic Hopefuls, Antidoping Rules Will Be an Adjustment

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After closing with a 62 at the Tournament of Champions this month, Chris Kirk showed up at the site of his next start and learned he had been randomly selected for out-of-competition testing as part of the PGA Tour’s antidoping program. The timing prompted Kirk, tongue in cheek, to post on Twitter: “Like clockwork, tie […]

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All systems go for golf’s return to Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

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Several prominent figures behind golf’s eagerly-awaited return to the Olympic Games joined forces today with Major Champions, Graeme McDowell and Suzann Pettersen in Florida, in providing an upbeat assessment of the state of play with only 19 months left until the first tee shot in Rio de Janeiro. Peter Dawson and Ty Votaw, respectively the […]

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