Golf Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[vinipereira 3,247]

Maybe for a change some golfer could use as an excuse the fear of getting murdered in the streets of Rio or being infected by a super bacteria in the waters of Copacabana. The zika virus "card" is getting OLD.

[heywoodu 15,174]

4 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

I think that it's the time for remove golf by Tokyo 2024. Almost all athlete retired by games for economical reason. In a PGA if you'll finish in 4th place you'll win a lot of money instead at Olympic Games, if you'll finish in 4th place, you will not win anything.

In the PGA Tour or similar, you promote your sponsor whit clothes or similar and you receive money in return instead at Olympics you must dress whit national clothes.

Those reasons are all exactly the same in basically every other sport.

 

No, we should give golf a couple of Olympic cycles before deciding anything. Already saying it should be removed even before the first Olympics where it's back is way, way, way too early and makes absolutely no sense. 

[Gianlu33 4,606]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Those reasons are all exactly the same in basically every other sport.

 

No, we should give golf a couple of Olympic cycles before deciding anything. Already saying it should be removed even before the first Olympics where it's back is way, way, way too early and makes absolutely no sense. 

I know, but if all top athletes in the ranking reject the Olympic pass it's completly unless have the golf at the games. 

[heywoodu 15,174]

6 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

I know, but if all top athletes in the ranking reject the Olympic pass it's completly unless have the golf at the games. 

Yes. Did they reject it for 2020 and 2024 already as well? I don't think so

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

I have a feeling that there will be a lot more withdrawals after the qualification list gets published next week...

[sanjaydas 14]

All these withdrawls give an outside chance to Anirban Lahiri to be in the top bracket.

 

India should have 3 golfers at Rio

[Dmitry 92]

New Olympic ranking realeased. There are no Johonson and  Spieth too...

 

[hckošice 14,897]

Updated as of July 11th, 2016

[heywoodu 15,174]

The 2 Dutch places in the women's competition will very likely be rejected. Van Dam's place absolutely sure, she's not even inside the world top-300 where top-100 is required (Boeljon is 121st, I guess she still has 1% chance if they make some exception). 

[dcro 10,210]

New Zealand has declined the quota of their 2nd woman. Philippines should get a quota now.

 

http://www.olympic.org.nz/news/trio-of-new-zealand-golfers-confirmed-for-rio/