Golf's long-awaited Olympic return failed to entice many of its biggest names to participate, but that's hardly stopping Team USA's quartet from making the most of their Rio experience. And they have a message for the dropouts watching from the United States and beyond: Be jealous.
When the tournament opens Thursday, six of the world's top 10 golfers won't be there to mark the end of the sport's 122-year hiatus from the Games.
“Funny circumstances this year led to guys not participating, but I think the event’s going to go off great," Matt Kuchar told reporters Tuesday during a news conference in Rio.