The 2020 Olympics are coming soon to Tokyo, Japan, and golf will be making its second appearance after a successful return to the program in 2016 in Rio de...
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Golf's return to the Olympics is a success, both with the men's tournament and the Rose-Stenson showdown, as well the women's event with a strong, yet varied...
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...
There will be no need to design a new golf course for the 2020 Olympic golf tournament.
With Tokyo being selected Saturday as the host city for the Games in...
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...
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...
The 2016 Olympic golf tournaments will bring out new and fresh looks that help countries show off their national pride in the sport's return to the Games after...
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...
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...
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 fields for the 2016 Olympic golf tournaments have been set with the completion of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and the U.S. Women's...
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...
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...
Adam Scott has announced he won't play the Olympic golf tournament, so what can be done to make it more appealing to top male players, who seem to have the...
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 has been in the modern Olympic program just twice, in the 1900 Games in Paris and four years later in St. Louis.
And, as far as anyone knows, only two of...
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...
Our interview guest this week is the legendary Gary Player.
We converse with Mr. Player to talk about potential changes to Augusta National, golf in 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...
Golf returns to the Olympic program in 2016 for the first time in 112 years. Naturally, there's a curiosity about how golf was played in 1904, the last time...
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...
Gary Player will be captain of the Olympic golf team for his native South Africa when the sport returns to the Olympic program in 2016 in Rio do Janeiro.
The...
As golf is a year away from its Olympic return, now is a good time to look at how the sport is doing as it relates to testing for performance-enhancing...
Adam Scott could not be less interested in competing the 2016 Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro.
The Aussie doesn't think the sport, which makes its...
Golf News Net's Ryan Ballengee joined Ricky Lee Potts, Les Bailey and Jason Boslow for the weekly "Friday Foursome" show on Google+. The group talked about a...
The Gil Hanse-designed, 2016 Olympic golf course in Rio de Janeiro will hold a test event this fall in preparation for the sport's return to the Olympics...
The Brazilian golf course that will host the 2016 Olympic golf tournaments is now done and is growing in, designer Gil Hanse told Golf Channel on...
In less than two years, golf will end a 112-year Olympic absence, presenting a 60-player tournament for men and women in Rio de Janeiro. The field for each of...
Since developers of the 2016 Olympic golf course and Brazilian state prosecutors cannot come to a compromise solution on how to balance the construction of the...
If you're thinking of heading down to Rio in 2016 to check out the first Olympic golf tournament in 112 years, the ticket prices aren't going to make or break...
Golf's return to the Olympics in 2016 faces another speed bump. A Brazilian course proposed changes on Wednesday to the Gil Hanse-designed course -- even...
Say it with me: Golf is too hard, takes too long to play and costs too much money.
And soccer isn't. That's why the beautiful game can captivate a nation...
Rory McIlroy has made his choice: He will represent the Republic of Ireland if he qualifies for the 2016 Olympic golf tournament.
McIlroy made the well-timed...
The construction of the 2016 Olympic golf course has been a disaster.
Simply acquiring the land to start building the course in Rio de Janeiro was a nightmare...
Grass is being laid at the Olympic golf course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The sodding began Tuesday on the eighth hole of the Gil Hanse design that will host...
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