Laura Massaro slams Rory McIlroy for ‘unacceptable’ attitude towards Olympic Games

I would have taken a rowing boat and rowed over to play in the Olympics.

However, McIlroy, who is six shots off the lead after the first day of the Open, has tried to elaborate more on his comment that he “didn’t get into golf to try to grow the game”.

He added that some people even go as far as to say that golf isn’t a sport, a notion that Chamblee feels McIlroy could have fought against by going to Rio and taking part in the Olympics.

“In the meantime we are not sweating about it. Personally for me, I might have missed my chance to play in the Olympics. I didn’t get into golf to get other people into the game”. I have made it pretty clear in my stance on the Olympics and golf in the Olympics.

“I think he’ll regret those words for the rest of his life”, said Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee.

Asked which events he would watch on television, the four-time major victor said: “P robably the events like track and field, swimming, diving – the stuff that matters”.

“It’s good for the game of golf, no doubt about it, and, yeah, some guys, when you’re young and you feel like there’s loads of opportunity ahead, you don’t realize some of the things you’re missing out on”, Harrington said. McIlroy agrees with the assessment of him needing to be more aggressive.

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Rose was one of the few players to play the back nine better than the front, the 2013 US Open champion going out in 35 but coming back in 33 thanks to birdies on the 15th and 16th.

The Texan was originally quoted as saying he was concerned about the Zika virus, but yesterday he said he had more general health concerns rather than merely the mosquito-borne virus. It’s potential golf won’t be in the Olympics very long.

“Whether it’s the best idea to have the top professionals there, whether it should be amateurs where it’s the pinnacle of the amateur game, like boxing is, then you move onto the professional level, I don’t know”.

“I’m an ambassador for the PGA Junior League, I do some stuff for the First Tee in the States, and I feel like I’ve used my success in golf in a very positive way in the community”.

“But moving into the future, we certainly hope that the International Olympic Committee may look at restructuring their decision, making a process to include sports which truly wants to be there”, he added.

“I’ve been tested once this year, but it was only a urine test”, McIlroy said, per the Sporting News.

“I totally respect and understand their perspective and their decision, and it obviously comes down to personal reasons, and you have to respect that”.

“Hopefully… I can just slowly inch my way back into the tournament”.