Thursday 25 August 2016

I Was Wrong About Olympic Golf

 
Rory McIlroy admits he was proven wrong by the success of golf at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. The four-time major winner was among several highly-ranked players to withdraw from the Games when golf returned to the Olympics for the first time in more than a century.

McIlroy initially cited concerns over the Zika virus, but later admitted that major championships remained the pinnacle of the sport and he would only watch the stuff that matters in the Olympics. The 27years old revealed he had caught the decisive final hole as Justin Rose clinched a thrilling two-shot victory over Henrik Stenson.

He said “I saw Henrik and Justin's fairway woods at the last and I saw the chip shots and I saw the putts and I saw the medal ceremony. Actually I spent the weekend in my in-laws cabin in upstate New York where there was no TV, no electricity. But we got back Sunday afternoon, so caught up with it. Obviously it pleasantly surprised me. There was more people at the golf events than there was at the athletics. It was good to see, it really was. It seems like it was a great atmosphere down there. I think it was one of the cheaper tickets as well, and I think that encouraged a lot of people to go. It was well supported down there and I think Justin was a great winner. He was on board from the start. You go back years and see his quotes about it, and he was really excited to play and looking forward to play. So I think it was the right winner in the end, as well. It was nice to be proven wrong somewhat in terms of... like I thought golf was sort of going to get lost a little bit. It was away from the village; I thought it was going to just sort of blend in with everything else and be, not forgotten about, but just one of a lot of sports that are there obviously. But to see the crowds and see the turnout, I was glad to be somewhat proven wrong.”

McIlroy, who is down to fifth in the world after Stenson won silver in Rio, has not played since missing the cut in the US PGA, where he labelled his putting as pathetic.
 

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