golffan
Got more press reporting today about golf making a case to join the Olympics.
I do not care for this idea. The sports that really need the Olympics are the sports whose most important competitions come at the Olympics, such as track and field, swimming, gymnastics, etc. It is good to have basketball and tennis and even baseball if the Olympics would be more of an exhibition that helps to grow those sports around the world. But you cannot avoid politics as the French that run the IOC have kicked out baseball.
Would golf in the Olympics help the game grow around the world if governments start spending money on the growth of the game in the respective countries? This is what some have harp on. Maybe, but I doubt the impact would be great. Golf is a game of the wealthy and powerful in much of the world, and nothing will change this economic fact.
Any damage done in this quest? Already, the tours have instituted drug testing as a result in a game where the participants call penalties on themselves. There is a disconnection.
www.golfonlinesale.com
I do not care for this idea. The sports that really need the Olympics are the sports whose most important competitions come at the Olympics, such as track and field, swimming, gymnastics, etc. It is good to have basketball and tennis and even baseball if the Olympics would be more of an exhibition that helps to grow those sports around the world. But you cannot avoid politics as the French that run the IOC have kicked out baseball.
Would golf in the Olympics help the game grow around the world if governments start spending money on the growth of the game in the respective countries? This is what some have harp on. Maybe, but I doubt the impact would be great. Golf is a game of the wealthy and powerful in much of the world, and nothing will change this economic fact.
Any damage done in this quest? Already, the tours have instituted drug testing as a result in a game where the participants call penalties on themselves. There is a disconnection.
www.golfonlinesale.com