Next Monday will be an exiting time for golf industry leaders as they present golf's pitch to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board.
Sports like baseball, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, and softball are some competing for two available program spots for 2016 and future Olympic events with seven different sports total. International Golf Federation Executive Director Ty Votaw told The Associated Press on Thursday "We feel good about the story that we have told," "But we don't have any sense of where we are in the process. I don't get too high with the positive rumors, I don't get too low with the rumors that say we're long shots."
This will be crucial step in the long-term lobbying efforts to introduce golf to the 26 existing Summer Olympic sports. The 15-member IOC executive will review all seven proposals, then make a decision in August which two sports will be presented to the full membership for possible inclusion in an October poll.
Votaw said golf has a "compelling" argument that it can deliver what the International Olympic Committee is looking for making its lineup will a highly persuasive case for inclusion.
Sports like baseball, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, and softball are some competing for two available program spots for 2016 and future Olympic events with seven different sports total. International Golf Federation Executive Director Ty Votaw told The Associated Press on Thursday "We feel good about the story that we have told," "But we don't have any sense of where we are in the process. I don't get too high with the positive rumors, I don't get too low with the rumors that say we're long shots."
This will be crucial step in the long-term lobbying efforts to introduce golf to the 26 existing Summer Olympic sports. The 15-member IOC executive will review all seven proposals, then make a decision in August which two sports will be presented to the full membership for possible inclusion in an October poll.
Votaw said golf has a "compelling" argument that it can deliver what the International Olympic Committee is looking for making its lineup will a highly persuasive case for inclusion.
This is an exciting time in golf history for all of us. Lets all hope for the best and wait to see what the hopefully positive outcome will be.
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