A lot has happened in the game of golf since it last played the role of an official Olympic sport. The last gold medal was won by a Canadian golfer named George Lyon. He won the medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, MO.
The fight has been rekindled to once again bring golf into competition for a medal. The official decision will come in October 2009. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will meet on this date and vote on adding no more than two (maybe none) of seven elected sports. The seven sports that are competing for a spot are golf, baseball, softball, karate, roller sports, rugby, and squash. That’s right, I said squash!
In this week’s Trap Five, we’re counting down five of the larger issues in the “Golf in the Olympics”
The five items listed below seem to draw the most attention in Olympic golf discussions.
A woman wins the British Open barely two months after giving birth, Wie and Inkster make the U.S. Solheim Cup Team, Fred Funk wins a USGA event at 20 below par, and Tiger Woods wins the final Buick Open in Michigan. That and a whole lot more in this episode of Golf Talk.
Just in time for their 50th aniversary, PING is introducing two completely new lines of clubs: the G15 and i15. The largest product launch in PING history includes something for every level of player, from the beginner to the advanced player. In today’s Bag Drop, we’re taking a look at the Solheim family’s latest innovations.
Hello golf fanatics and welcome again to Hittin’ the Links. We took a week off last week, but have returned again with all that is interesting in the golf world. How about Tiger? I guess you can’t hold a good man down for long. Maybe he can end his major championship drought in a couple of weeks at the PGA. Time will tell.
Titleist emailed us some images from the Buick Open, where they’ve rolled out their fall 2009 iron lineup to their tour staff. The 2009 lineup is essentially a tweaked 2008 lineup, with four models: AP1, AP2, CB, and MB. Those will be the model names. They’ve come to be known by their series name – the “710” series – but word is the official names are AP1, AP2, CB, and MB.
This is my first contribution to The Sand Trap and I want it to be perfect. I want to find a great topic and write a column that Joseph Pulitzer would envy. It should be exponentially thought provoking, even ground breaking. The last thing I wanted to do was to be safe and write about Tiger Woods.
Talk long enough to anyone who regularly walks when they play golf and they’ll eventually tell you two things. First, walking is the best way to play golf. The fresh air, the feel of the ground beneath your feet, the perfect rhythm it creates. And second, that sometimes 14 clubs, a dozen balls, a rain jacket, an umbrella, a bag, and miscellaneous other goodies can be an awful lot to carry.