RIO DE JANEIRO – As the sun inched its way above the nearby mountains, Gil Hanse watched Martin Kaymer play his approach shot into the first hole at the Olympic Golf Course early Tuesday morning.
For the soft-spoken architect it was something of an epiphany moment.
“I thought, they are actually here, they are actually playing our golf course. The pride really started to flow at that point,” Hanse said.
After years of delays, the Olympic course will be debuted to the world this week for the men’s competition in Rio and so far the response from the world’s best players has been encouraging.