It was the most stinging dismissal of Olympic golf yet, in part because of whom it came from. Everyone knows the course looks perfect.”Like golf in the Olympics, the future of the course is uncertain. “[The golfers] have decided not to come for personal reasons, it has nothing to do with Zika or Rio,” Rio Olympics organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada said. ENLARGE An aerial shot of the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro. While that point is debatable, the disappointment of people involved with Olympic golf is not.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 12, 2016 23:40 UTC