TROON, Scotland (AP) " Camilo Villegas of Colombia pulled out of the Olympics on Monday because he is trying to keep his job on the PGA Tour. While he considered the Zika virus " Villegas and his wife are trying to start a family " his main concern was work. He is the 21st male golfer to withdraw from the Olympics, and he joins Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe in citing his job security for pulling out. Only the top 125 advance to the playoffs and keep full cards for the following season, and Villegas has only four tournaments left. Villegas had indicated for the last two weeks that he wanted to be in Rio for golf's return to the Olympics for the first time since 1904.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 18, 2016 13:07 UTC