WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Jessica Korda says the medal ceremonies are making her cry.
Justin Thomas says he was intrigued by the Opening Ceremony.
Golf’s return to the Olympics is making an impression on more than just the players who qualified to play in Rio de Janeiro. Korda and Thomas say they have been riveted to their televisions watching the Games and are even more motivated now to try to make the American teams headed to the Olympics in Tokyo in four years.
“I’ve been watching every single minute that I possibly can,” Korda, 23, said Monday from the studios of WPTV in West Palm Beach, where she and Thomas were doing long-distance media day interviews beamed over to Malaysia, where each will be defending titles this fall in back-to-back events on the same golf course in Kuala Lumpur.