tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post2728184916916308135..comments2024-03-27T22:35:08.926-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: PGA Championship Wrap-Up -- Day OneGoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-70619872860366092752012-08-10T08:09:32.848-04:002012-08-10T08:09:32.848-04:00Golf is set to return to the Summer Olympics with ...Golf is set to return to the Summer Olympics with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" rel="nofollow">Aug. 5-21, 2016, games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</a>. Per Wikipedia: "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_at_the_Summer_Olympics" rel="nofollow">The International Golf Federation (IGF) has proposed 72-hole stroke play tournaments (with a 3-hole playoff in the event of a tie) for both men's and women's events in 2016. Eligibility would be determined by IGF rankings. The top 15 players would be eligible (regardless of country) and then the next 45 players representing countries that do not already have two representatives. If such criteria were in place for the 2012 London games, 33 countries would have been represented for the men and 32 countries for the women.</a>"<br /><br />Given that neither <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lyon_(golfer)" rel="nofollow">George Lyon of Canada</a> nor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ives_Abbott" rel="nofollow">Margaret Abbot of Chicago (or her mom)</a> is likely to be back to defend gold, the 2016 tournaments are wide open.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com