The number of golfers skipping the 2016 Olympic golf tournaments -- separate 60-player events for men and women -- is growing by the day.
So far, 17 golfers -- 16 men and one woman -- have announced they're not going to make the trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for myriad reasons. We've compiled a list of the players who are skipping Olympic golf and why.
Players who are skipping the 2016 Olympic golf tournament
- Tim Wilkinson - January (privately), May 10 (made public), citing scheduling
- Vijay Singh - April 12, citing scheduling concerns
- Miguel Angel Jimenez - Ultimately would not have qualified for the Spanish golf team
- Adam Scott - April 20, citing disinterest in Olympics, format; scheduling concerns
- Louis Oosthuizen - April 21, citing "family and scheduling issues"
- Charl Schwartzel - April 25, citing Zika fears
- Marc Leishman - May 5, citing Zika fears
- Rory McIlroy - June 23, citing fears over Zika
- Graeme McDowell - June 24, citing wife's pregnancy, due in September
- Branden Grace - June 24, citing Zika virus fears
- Jason Day - June 28, citing fears over Zika
- Shane Lowry - June 28, citing fears over Zika
- Lee-Anne Pace - June 29, citing Zika fears
- Hideki Matsuyama - July 3, citing Zika fears
- Brendon de Jonge - July 5, citing a desire to play PGA Tour events during the Olympics to save his status
- Dustin Johnson - July 8, citing Zika fears
- Jordan Spieth - July 11, announced by the International Golf Federation
- Victor Dubuisson - July 11, announced by the International Golf Federation
- K.T. Kim - July 11, announced by the International Golf Federation
- Hideto Tanihara - July 11, announced by the International Golf Federation
- Angelo Que - July 11, announced by the International Golf Federation
- Matt Jones - July 11, announced by the International Golf Federation
- Francesco Molinari - July 12, citing "family reasons"
