They cheered on their male Olympic teammates Jason Day and Min Woo Lee from the gallery over the weekend, but now it’s time for Hannah Green and Minjee Lee to tee up themselves in search of Australia’s first ever medal in the golf event.
Karl Vilips says he’s already dreaming of representing Australia at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles after his Korn Ferry Tour win catapulted him to within reach of a PGA Tour card for next year.
Jason Day threw his hat into the ring for a shot at an Olympic medal, with a third-round 67 that lifted his score to nine-under and just five behind leaders Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele.
As golf in the Olympics continues to navigate its way towards relevancy, its latest challenge may be the one that puts it most in line with golf’s major championships.
Cameron Smith says he dusted himself off after his first missed cut at the Open since 2017 and will channel his focus into the LIV Golf UK event in the Midlands of England.
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.
Here’s to hoping these wholehearted endorsements of Olympic Golf – and an eventual return to normalcy – result in a more star-studded field in Paris 2024.
Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim both didn’t medal at the Olympics and thus failed to exempt themselves from South Korea’s mandatory military service requirement.
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.
Eleven years can be a lifetime in sport yet for our young golfers now making their way into the professional game Brisbane 2032 is now a career ambition they can set their minds to.