Hannah Green has one eye on an Olympic medal and another on the weather forecast after peeling off eight birdies in a second round of six-under 65 at the women’s golf competition at Kasumigaseki Country Club on Thursday.
The tangible byproduct of golf earning full medal status in the Olympics has been investment by countries into the golf’s infrastructure, regardless of whether or not their athletes earn a medal.
The thing is, it’s not like Ko isn’t extremely proud of winning the medal. On the contrary, she says it’s one of the biggest moments of her life. And that final round and the medal ceremony remains vivid in her memories.
As was the case with the men’s Olympic competition, International Golf Federation officials have appropriately given the honour of hitting the opening tee shot of the 2021 Olympic women’s golf tournament to a player from the host country.
Minjee Lee’s 2016 Olympic teammate Su Oh believes the manner of her recent Major breakthrough at the Evian Championship will serve as the ideal Olympic preparation ahead of the start of the women’s golf competition tomorrow.
Who, you might be wondering, is George Lyon? It’s a great question, because aside from his moment of Olympic glory, he doesn’t register very often in the historical record.
Cameron Smith (-9) has given himself an outside chance of winning Australia’s first Olympic medal, while compatriot Marc Leishman (E) slipped further down the leaderboard in the third round at Kasumigaseki Country Club.
The mental-health movement has crossed over into the world of golf, with young star Matthew Wolff recently taking two months off from the PGA Tour to “try to enjoy myself and take care of myself”. McIlroy himself has frequently cited his off-course happiness as a source of balance in his life.
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.
Australian Golf Digest
