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Rory does not have a high opinion of the Olympic Golf
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:31 am
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:31 am
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Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:32 am to WildcatMike
Does anyone care about Olympic golf?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:32 am to WildcatMike
I would go just for the Olympic Village parties.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:34 am to mattz1122
Seems the pros think it's a waste of time. They want to win majors...not medals.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:34 am to WildcatMike
As would most people I would assume. I know I prefer to see the events where there isn't a real league that matters the other 4 years. I know track, swimming, etc have other events in between the Olympics, but the Olympics are what they train for.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:37 am to WildcatMike
I don't get it. The potential for golf to be big in the Olympics in 100 years would be alone be enough to get me to Brazil.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:37 am to WildcatMike
quote:Can they not do both...?
Seems the pros think it's a waste of time. They want to win majors...not medals.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:39 am to ReauxlTide222
Two majors in five weeks plus the Ryder Cup with the Olympics smacked in the middle...nah, they don't want to fly in their Netjets to waste their time playing for a medal.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:40 am to mattz1122
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Does anyone care about Olympic golf?
"Any time I can wear the Stars and Stripes I do it. I get the call tomorrow I'll be on the flight. It doesn't matter to me on where it is, when it is. If I can play for my country, I'm going to play"
- Patrick Reed
This post was edited on 7/12/16 at 10:45 am
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:40 am to WildcatMike
Should've been an amateur competition but that wouldn't allow the host to justify building a new course..
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:41 am to Dawgsontop34
Fat Pat may not be the hero we want, but he is the hero we need. 
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:42 am to WildcatMike
nor should he.
It's 100% pure stupid they replaced wrestling (THE ORIGINAL OLYMPIC SPORT) with fricking Golf.
I hate the summer olympics and this is reason #34455 why
It's 100% pure stupid they replaced wrestling (THE ORIGINAL OLYMPIC SPORT) with fricking Golf.
I hate the summer olympics and this is reason #34455 why
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:42 am to Dawgsontop34
Patrick Reed likes America more than Rory.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:43 am to danfraz
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It's 100% pure stupid they replaced wrestling
Wait, they don't do wrestling anymore?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:47 am to danfraz
Why can't they have both wrestling and golf..?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:52 am to ReauxlTide222
i don't really like golf in the olympics, especially not with the dumbass stroke play format.
it's golf. you see different random winners every week. i don't think a guy deserves a gold medal just because he played out of his mind one week.
it's golf. you see different random winners every week. i don't think a guy deserves a gold medal just because he played out of his mind one week.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:55 am to burdman
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Wait, they don't do wrestling anymore?
If there is anything the Iranians are pissed off more at than infidels and nukes, it's wrestling being removed from the Olympics.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:03 am to Teddy Ruxpin
And no baseball and softball.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:09 am to WildcatMike
That is because golf doesn't belong in the Olympics.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 1:39 pm to GetCocky11
has anyone looked at how terrible the field is for golf at the olympics?
the 24th-highest ranked player there hasn't ever made a cut at a major.
the 27th-highest ranked player there hasn't made a cut at a major in 10 years.
countless other dudes who are only there because they are the highest ranked player from their country. yes, i understand it is that way in other sports in the olympics, but those other sports aren't golf.
golf is one of the sports where a random guy can have a good 4 days and win a tournament. we see it all the time on the pga tour, in tournaments with much better fields than we'll see at the olympics (vaughn taylor, jim herman, william mcgirt just this year, as examples).
but if one of these dudes plays above their heads for a few days in rio, they could win an olympic medal. that's just stupid, to me.
note: even if the likes of rory, spieth, day, scott, DJ were at the olympics, it would still be a MUCH weaker field than a major or WGC event.
the 24th-highest ranked player there hasn't ever made a cut at a major.
the 27th-highest ranked player there hasn't made a cut at a major in 10 years.
countless other dudes who are only there because they are the highest ranked player from their country. yes, i understand it is that way in other sports in the olympics, but those other sports aren't golf.
golf is one of the sports where a random guy can have a good 4 days and win a tournament. we see it all the time on the pga tour, in tournaments with much better fields than we'll see at the olympics (vaughn taylor, jim herman, william mcgirt just this year, as examples).
but if one of these dudes plays above their heads for a few days in rio, they could win an olympic medal. that's just stupid, to me.
note: even if the likes of rory, spieth, day, scott, DJ were at the olympics, it would still be a MUCH weaker field than a major or WGC event.
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