Blog: Local Knowledge
- An anti-Olympic perspective
- John Huggan of Scotland On Sunday suspects that some of those who lent their influence to the effort to convince the International Olympic Committee to add golf to the Olympics in 2016 were doing so...
Blog: Local Knowledge
- Olympic golf in Rio?
- Those golfers who went to bat for golf's inclusion in the 2016 Olympics, and expressed a desire to participate in them, probably failed to consider the possibility that Chicago would not be the host city....
Blog: Local Knowledge
- Olympic golf: Global reaction
- From Dr. Wolfgang Scheuer, president of the German Golf Federation: "The German Golf Association is very excited about the IOC Executive Board's recommendation to reintegrate golf into the Olympic family. Our prospects are good, since...
Blog: Local Knowledge
- Does Rio de Janeiro hurt golf's Olympic quest?
- Golf's inclusion in the 2016 Olympics seemed to be a lock, but that was before the Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro last week. Rio has just two golf courses, neither of which apparently...
Blog: Local Knowledge
- Golf is likely to get its fifth major
- Golf is now on the fast track to becoming an Olympic sport in 2016, as the International Olympic Committee's executive board on Thursday proposed its inclusion (along with rugby sevens). The final step, believed to...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- Golf in the Olympics
- The jury is still out on the golf in the Olympics, with the decision to come within weeks. The PGA Tour, once skeptical, now leads the crusade to have golf added to the games. Our...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- Golf in the Olympics?
- As they watched tonight’s stunning opening ceremonies from Beijing, golf’s leaders, many here at the PGA Championship in Detroit, have an Olympic dream of their own: that golf will be part of the festivities in...
- Sirak: Let The Games Begin
- By being included in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, golf is a big winner.
Blog: Editors' Blog
- Olympics: What format?
- Our friend Justin Blair weighs in on the subject of golf in the Olympics, and especially on the question of what format will be used. As usual, he makes sense. Dear Editor, Call me a...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- Where they'll play golf in Rio Olympics
- Now that we know where the 2016 Olympics will be held and we believe golf will be part of it, where will they play? Consult Golf Digest's "Planet Golf" package and you'll find two that...
Blog: Local Knowledge
- Not everyone thinks Olympic golf is a good idea
- Paul Kelso, chief sports reporter for the Telegraph, makes the case that IOC president Jacques Rogge's defense for including golf is wrong on both fronts: The Olympics will never come to rival the majors and...
Magazine
- My Game: Dan Jansen
- Olympic speed skating champion Dan Jansen talks about his experiences in golf
