And only two sports rise from the fallen.

This Friday Padraig Harrington of Ireland, Suzann Pettersen of Norway, Michelle Wie of the United States and 16-year-old British Amateur Champion Matteo Manassero of Italy will all come together to push the final presentation to the International Olympic Committee.

The four representatives will join Ty Votaw, Executive Director of the International Golf Foundation's Olympic Golf Committee who has coordinated golf's Olympic bid, as well as Peter Dawson, chief executive of the R&A and joint secretary of the IGF.

Golf and rugby are two of the recommended sports for the 2016 Olympic Program by the International Olympic Committee Executive Board. Each sport will present their final case to the entire IOC (International Olympic Committee) members before they vote to accept or deny one or both of the sports.

Votaw commented "We have demonstrated to the IOC Executive Board throughout the evaluation process that golf's bid to become an Olympic sport has received unprecedented support from both amateur and professional golf organizations around the world and leading international players," and "Now, we must reaffirm this support before the full IOC membership and we couldn't be more pleased than to have Padraig, Suzann, Matteo and Michelle help to communicate this support during our final presentation."

Friday's vote will end the year-long evaluation which included formal presentations by five other recommended sports and submissions of Detailed Questionnaires and responses to questions raised by both the IOC Program Commission and the IOC Executive Board. On August 13th the seven sports turned into two with golf and rugby rising above the rest.

October 2nd was the date that the IOC agreed that Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will be the setting for the 2016 Olympic Games.