Jay Flemma is joined by Golf News Net owner and founder Ryan Ballengee for a conversation recapping the men's Olympic golf tournament, including its successes...
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Ariya Jutanugarn withdrew from the 2016 women's Olympic golf tournament on Friday, citing a left knee injury.
The four-time winner this season, including in...
The 2016 women's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, heads to Saturday's final round (to accommodate the Sunday Closing Ceremony) with Inbee...
Lydia Ko is having an incredible third round in the 2016 women's Olympic golf tournament, thanks in part to the second hole-in-one of the day on the eighth...
We have our first hole-in-one of the 2016 women's Olympic golf tournament, and it belongs to China's Xiyu Lin.
Xiyu made the ace on the par-3 eighth hole...
Brazilian Victoria Lovelady was penalized one stroke for slow play on Thursday in the second round of the 2016 women's Olympic golf tournament.
According to...
The 2016 women's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, heads to Moving Day in Round 3 with a stacked leaderboard.
Inbee Park has the lead at...
A couple of weeks ago, an editor asked me for an article entitled "Does golf need the Olympics?", and a small quantity of food and drink sprayed over my desk...
While neither the men's nor the women's Olympic golf tournaments offer a purse, the 120 combined players could earn a lot of money from their home countries...
Most weeks in pro golf, there are no gimmes, even if the players are practically automatic inside 3 feet. No matter what, in a stroke-play event, those putts...
In 2015, we were talking about Inbee Park's future as a seven-time major winner. This year, she's talking about retirement.
It's been an odd year for the...
The 2016 women's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will start on Wednesday with a major-caliber field of the top women's players in the...
The 2016 women's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will start on Wednesday with a major-caliber field of the top women's players in the...
Justin Rose is the gold medalist in the 2016 men's Olympic golf tournament, outdueling Henrik Stenson, while American Matt Kuchar shot 63 on the final day to...
You may have noticed that Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera-Bello, the two Spaniards in the 2016 men's Olympic golf tournament, are wearing white-and-blue ribbons...
Henrik Stenson is not your average bear, and maybe that's why the reigning Open champion decided to take on a caiman (which is a Southern Hemisphere version of...
The 2016 men's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, heads into the final round with Justin Rose atop the leaderboard at 12 under par. He's one...
Jaco Van Zyl made he second hole-in-one in known Olympic golf history on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.
Playing the eighth hole on the Olympic Golf Course, the...
The 2016 men's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, heads to the weekend with a variety of flags on the leaderboard. Aussie Marcus Fraser leads...
Martin Kaymer's neck was feeling tight ahead of the second round of the 2016 men's Olympic golf tournament, so he needed a little adjustment before teeing off...
Typically, it's never OK to lay up. In any situation. You go for the green. However, Bubba Watson has come up with perhaps the one and only situation where...
Whether you like it or not, golf in the Olympics is here. Much has been made about why some of the world’s best won’t play. More has been made about the...
Golf is in the Olympics for the first time in 112 years as part of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sport will have two 60-player tournaments on...
The 2016 men's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marks golf's return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence. The Olympic golf course...
The 2016 men's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marks golf's return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence. The Olympic golf course...
Matt Kuchar is one of four American men taking part in golf's return to the Olympics next week in Rio de Janeiro. He's representing the U.S.A. along with Bubba...
“Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated” - Mark Twain.
Full disclosure, I am a big fan/borderline sucker for, the Olympics.
There’s something...
The Irish women's Olympic golf team has an additional Rio-bound player. Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow now joins Irishwoman Leona Maguire on the Irish...
Rory McIlroy has faced a number of what he likely feels are no-win decisions in his life as a pro golfer.
Whether he should have left Chubby Chandler to go to...
Rory McIlroy took a blow torch to Olympic golf in his news conference ahead of the Open Championship. We look at what McIlroy said and assess where he was...
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 ...
Dustin Johnson withdrew his name from Olympic consideration late Friday, citing Zika fears.
The U.S. Open and WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner is the first...
Patrick Reed is an American who bleeds red, white and blue, and he's ready to lace up the spikes for Uncle Sam in the men's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de...
Jason Day and Shane Lowry announced on Tuesday that they will not represent their countries in the 2016 Olympics men's golf tournament over fears of Zika...
Rory McIlroy became the biggest name to date to announce that he would not compete in the men's Olympic golf tournament. And it might open the flood gates for...
We now know the design and look of the medals 120 golfers will be playing for in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The Rio organizing committee shared...
OAKMONT, Pa. -- Jordan Spieth isn't 100 percent certain he's going to represent the United States in the Olympic golf tournament in August.
When Spieth was...
Rory McIlroy wants to start a family with fiancee Erica Stoll in the next couple of years, and the 27-year-old has concerns that Zika virus in Rio could...
Pro golfers who have a chance of qualifying for one of the two Olympic golf tournaments in Brazil in August will now be subject to a more stringent...
As more and more players announce they're taking a pass on the Olympics, it's becoming clear that golf's Olympic representatives created the mess the sport is...
Add Marc Leishman to the list of top male golfers who have withdrawn themselves from consideration for golf's return to the Olympic program in Brazil in...
Golf returns to the Olympic program in 2016 for the first time in 112 years, with two 60-player, 72-hole tournaments -- one for men, one for women -- set to be...
Let’s get something out of the way right now. Golf at the Olympics might not be very enjoyable in Rio.
Organizers had the chance to make a big splash with...
Charl Scwhartzel has apparently joined his friend and countryman Louis Oosthuizen in deciding not to compete in this August's Olympic golf revival.
We found...
Add Louis Oosthuizen to the growing list of male pro golfers who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2016 Olympic golf tournament.
The South...
Ambivalence would be the word we'd use to describe how a lot of the top-ranked male golfers -- particularly the Americans -- feel about the upcoming Olympic...
Golf, modern golf at least, treads new ground later this year when some of the game’s best protagonists -- note "some" -- compete for a gold medal at the...
Karrie Webb has cemented her place in golf history as one of the greatest players of all time. In her homeland of Australia, however, is where she feels most...
In 2016, golf will make its return to the Olympic program after a 112-year absence. Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will be the city to host the comeback, with a Gil...
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...
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