KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — Her heart rate hit its peak only when Nelly Korda stood on the Olympic podium, not when she had a putter in her hand with a gold medal hanging on every shot. Schauffele wouldn’t know the difference because while the gold medal elevated him into the elite in golf, he has yet to win a major. Korda won a major and a gold medal in a span of 42 days, and even she doesn’t know the difference, not does she care to make the distinction. And while he would watch on TV, golf probably wouldn’t be on his list. “But coming here and experiencing it, seeing, feeling everything that goes on — not just Olympic golf but just the Olympics in general — that sort of Olympic spirit has definitely bitten me.

Source: thestar August 10, 2021 19:52 UTC