Golf in the Olympics is starting to catch on. For Americans, the hard part is getting there
Associated PressOne of the best indications that golf was starting to catch on as an Olympic sport came from a player who never even made it to the podium. He said when it was over, “I never tried so hard to finish third.” McIlroy was among those who skipped the Olympics when golf returned to the program in 2016 at Rio de Janeiro. “It’s a very hard team to qualify for on the U.S. side.” The Americans have two players in the top 10 who won’t be going, including U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau. “For track and field, gymnastics, winning a gold medal from when you were a kid was the top of the top,” said Schauffele, who won his first major this year at the PGA Championship. The same can’t be said of DeChambeau, who this year tied for sixth in the Masters, was the runner-up to Schauffele at the PGA Championship and beat McIlroy at the U.S. Open.
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