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Originally Posted by T@T
Why does this matter? it still would be better than watching table tennis of water polo. Actually I would be willing to bet golf would be in the top 5 for ticket sales.
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It matters in terms of the importance of the tournament. If it is a second tier, and it seems lucky to be considered that based on the quality of the competition, then not only are fans not going to want to go but the players won't either.
It would take a lot of time in their already "busy" schedules and considering how often the top guys skip tournament with much better fields all the time I wonder if even the allure of a Gold Medal is would be that appealing if the win comes against the top golfer that Uganda has.
Also the logistics of making sure that the host city has a golf course that would be adequate could cause a problem as well.
I guess I don't see the point of having Golf in the Olympics if you are eliminating half the top players in the world from playing in it.
Other individual sports have multiple competitors in each event I don't see why golf should be different. Even limiting it to two doesn't make much sense.