RIO DE JANEIRO — The last player to hit a golf ball in the Olympics did so in 1904. Adilson da Silva — in his home country, no less — will end that drought Thursday as golf returns to the Summer Games.
“Wow,” da Silva said when asked about hitting the first tee shot at the Olympic Golf Club at 7:30 a.m. local time. “It’s like having a hole in one and the feeling will sink in later. It’s quite a feeling. Very happy and honored for such a thing. Sometimes I think why do I deserve this?