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.

Tiger Woods the Olympian. Is it possible? Yes.

Tiger Woods recently said in a press conference that if he is not retired by the time that golf makes it into the Olympics he would be a participant.

The International Olympic Committee executive board recommended golf and rugby for inclusion at the 2016 Games. The final decision wont be made until October when the full 106-member International Olympic Committee meets in Copenhagen, Denmark to cast their final vote.

PGA of America CEO Joe Steranka said "I've said there is no singular decision or singular program that can globalize the game of golf like a nod from the IOC to join the Olympic Games,".

"I think that golf is a truly global sport, and I think it should have been in the Olympics a while ago," Woods said

Golf already has a great history of diversity in 1900 golf was played at the Paris Olympics and was in the 1904 St. Louis Games. Later in this year the World Cup will take place in China and the most recent PGA Championship included players from almost 24 countries.

So far everything is looking good but we cant predict the future so all we can do is wait for October to roll around and keep our fingers crossed and enjoy every game we play.

Golf leaders plan pitch to the International Olympic Committee

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.

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.