It’s no secret that golf is an international thing. It incorporates many players from many different countries. There are many tournaments held throughout the year and these tourney’s span the globe. What’s the problem here? Why hasn’t golf been in the olympics since 1904? 1904! Can you believe that  bull doo-doo? 

In their defense, the olympic committee has reinstated golf as an olympic sport…in 2016. It gets better, they made that decision in ’09. Talk about some golf haters. For pete’s sake, Curling has been an active olympic sport longer than golf (no offense to Canadians, curling and beer is a killer combo). And don’t get me started about table tennis and badminton.

What did golf do to deserve this? The U.S. collected most of the medals for golf in the 1900 and 1904 Olympics but I hope that’s not the reason. Regardless, it’s not too smart if you ask me. This is a great way for countries to showcase their talent on the ol’ track. Plus it gives young hopefuls a way to represent their countries and experience something that very few will or can.

Today the world will witness the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Games. In saying so, I’m impressed that this is London’s third crack at hosting the event but I’m still not impressed with the IOC’s decision about golf. I understand there needs to be a lot of planning and what-not but let’s get real, you don’t need 7 years to figure it out. 

There are plenty of courses already suited for tournament play. Maybe a little touch up here or a little tweak there to make the IOC happy. They’ve been known to institute some weird rules, whether it be the size of the basketball court or hockey rink or how long an event lasts. I get it, you want to be unique. Let’s just get them out there and play golf.

Hit’em long…yell FORE!!!