Jack Nicklaus said golfers who skip the Olympics are hurting the sport. Gary Player thinks golf could be kicked out of the Olympics if top players don’t show up.
In the last two weeks, major champions Vijay Singh, Adam Scott and Louis Oosthuizen said they will not play the first Olympic golf tournament in 112 years in Rio in August.
All cited scheduling issues during the busy summer PGA Tour stretch, among other reasons.
Nicklaus, an 18-time major champion who never had the chance to play in the Olympics, said he was aware of players pulling out of the Olympics but didn’t know specific names.