Olympics A Hot Topic On Tour

SAN ANTONIO | Several players in the Valero Texas Open field said the decision by high-profile players like Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott and Vijay Singh to bypass this summer’s return of golf to the Olympic Games is understandable and there may be more withdrawals to come. “I get why Adam and some guys don’t want to play in the Olympics,” said Scott’s fellow Australian and past U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy. “It might turn out to be great for the future, but it’s not proven yet. “The Olympics are the pinnacle for most sports and most athletes, the absolute peak, but we have the four majors. To be honest, there are about 10 tournaments I would rather win than the Olympics.” While no players interviewed would specifically commit to not playing in the Olympics if they qualified to compete for their nation, the notion that most Tour players are eager for golf’s return in Rio de Janeiro took an Olympic-sized beating. “The four majors are our metric, what we’re judged on,” said England’s Luke Donald. “I suppose you would want to play in it once, but does it have to be this year? I don’t know if you would do [...]