“I would say that golf is skipping Rio rather than skipping the Olympics,” said the 2013 U.S. Open champ. I’ll probably watch the Olympics, but I’m not sure golf will be one of the events I watch.”Which events will he watch? So I will be going back there, I just don’t think it’s appropriate this year.”Postmedia News “I don’t think it would be appropriate given our decision on the Olympics,” he said. Most were about his decision to bail out of the Rio Olympics, and how the exodus of big-name male golfers — almost alone among athletes — reflects poorly on a sport that has just been re-admitted to the Olympics after 112 years away.

Source: National Post July 12, 2016 17:37 UTC