Rules decree that players are simply not allowed to smile or show any emotion in their official headshots. As a result you get these, which could double as mugshots for some of these guys.
Imagine for a moment that you turn on the news next week and hear that Rohan Browning has qualified fastest for the semi-finals of the men’s 100-metre sprint.
When the parents of an Olympic athlete look at a child competing on the world’s biggest stage, they’re usually overtaken with pride. When Cameron Smith’s mum looks at him this week, though, she’ll be feeling something else as well.
Tommy Fleetwood, the man whose flowing locks have earned him the nickname ‘Fairway Jesus’, has conceded that the mulleted Cam Smith would beat him to gold if the Olympics was awarding medals for hairstyles at the Tokyo Games.
From donning the Masters green jacket in April, an entire nation now awaits to see if Matsuyama, in all seriousness, can go on to deliver a gold medal for Japan.
The Australian Olympic Committee has announced the four-person Golf Team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with Rio Olympian Minjee Lee named for her second Games, and Hannah Green, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith to make their Olympic debut.
Australian Golf Digest
