when will golf return to the Olympics

Golf is one of the world's most popular sports, being played in well over 100 nations world-wide. Golf alsohas a long history, as it origins can be traced back several centuries, and it has had organised international competitions since the mid-19th century. In the last decade golf has made entreaties to be returned to the Olympic programme. In the history  golf has been on the Olympic programme twice, in 1900 and 1904. There were two golf events in 1900 - one for gentlemen and one for ladies.

Recently when the International Olympic Committee allowed golf as as a sport for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero, it was a cause for celebration in the golf industry. Or at least some segments of the golf clubs industry.
 

Club manufacturers, equipment suppliers and service providers associated with the development side of the business immediately praised the opportunity. They said the decision will open new markets for golf incountries where the population wouldn’t know  TaylorMade from a flyswatter. 

Bill Bales, chief executive officer of aboutGolf, an indoor golf simulator company, was so excited that he hailed Oct. 9, 2009 as “golf’s greatest day in its 500-year history.” Bales, writing on his own blog, enthuses about a potential Olympics-fueled golden era for golf: “The return of golf to the Olympics represents a shift of monumental proportions within the golf culture. In modern terms, it’s a paradigm shift, an inflection point. In anthropological terms, it’s on par with the industrial revolution. “But such an event begets disruptive change. The game is going to change. The business is going to expand. Golf culture is going to hyper-evolve."

“Why such big effects on golf, when it wasn’t such a big deal with other Olympic sports?“ The Olympic movement is going to make golf ‘hip,’ which will make the game a bit less formal.

Participants will place more emphasis on performance, and less on decorum. Spectators at events will get more rowdy . The staid game we’ve known all our lives is going to get a little crazy.“The modern Olympic movement is going to help transform the game of golf into a sport for every man. It’s going to get a bit rude, crude, and unattractive, and it’s going to be a beautiful thing.

As a avid golfer myself I of course think it's great that golf is again included. However,i still think there are still have some problem needs to be solved. Such as it's going to be the same professional golfers playing at the Olympics who already play against each other almost every weekend. Anyhow, i am looking foward to this big time.

The related article: Olympics Golf History 

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