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Golf olympic goes masses
Golf and rugby are the two sports have been recommended for Olympic inclusion and both are expected to be voted at the meeting of the IOC.
Then the impact of being part of games again will be Grass-rooted level.
IndianJeev Milkha Singh gave the potential benefits for his country alone.
“Golf not being an Olympic sport, we have not been getting any funding from the government,” he said.
“Hopefully, when it becomes one, I think what happens after that is the government is going to allocate land in each and every city to have a public driving range so that your average person can go there and try their hands at it.
“That’s when it’s going to be really big in our country. It’s already the fastest-growing sport in our country, but it’s the only way this game is going to get famous and close to cricket.
“Our population is more than a billion and I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of talent out there.
“I don’t think there’s a public driving range in our country and there’s only one public golf course right now. Everything is private.
“I remember there were a lot of good players when I was growing up who just didn’t take it up – they just went back to their parents’ business.”
The Olympics will not challenge the four majors for importance. That is almost certainly still true of the top tennis stars more than 20 years on and there is no reason to think it will not be the same for golf’s biggest names come Rio in 2016 and beyond.
For many of the players, taking part in the Games will be the biggest thing imaginable.
Sixty-strong fields are proposed for men’s and women’s 72-hole competitions, but they will not come straight off the world rankings.
There would be 31 nations in the hunt for medals and only 26 of the world’s top 100 and 43 of the top 200 would take part.
Michelle Wie and Padraig Harrington both took part in the final presentation of golf’s bid. The sport’s expectation is just as high as their hopes.
Harrington, Wie to Golf Olympic
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