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The 2024 Paris Olympics males’s competitors is off to a terrific begin, however one thing remains to be lacking.
Proper now, the Olympics maintain the lads’s and ladies’s golf competitions separate, however what if they didn’t? A blended occasion would elevate the golf Olympic expertise and convey a extra team-like really feel.
Brew a pot of espresso, seize a buttery croissant, and settle in as we talk about why Olympic golf wants greater than stroke play.
The Olympics want an expert males’s and ladies’s occasion collectively
Final 12 months’s Grant Thornton Invitational was so successful. Out of all of the occasions I lined in 2023, it was my favourite as a result of it put PGA Tour and LPGA gamers collectively on the identical group. The outcomes have been phenomenal.
I feel it could make for an ideal addition to the Olympics. The women and men don’t play sufficient collectively, however they need to. Skilled men and women are in a league of their very own, however one of the crucial plain issues from that Grant Thornton weekend that I discovered is these males beloved enjoying alongside the women.
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Tony Finau picked up ideas from Nelly Korda whereas she did the identical with him. Joel Dahmen gushed over Lilia Vu’s sheer expertise. Sahith Theegala and Rose Zhang have been such a dynamic duo, and watching them feed off one another was enjoyable.
Jason Day and Lydia Ko gave us two veterans, and it was such a great pairing; they gained.
It was a unbelievable week, and the Olympics are the right stage to have one other alternative to do that.
The Olympics have blended tennis occasions, so why not develop that to golf?
Take the varied groups from every nation and pair them with one another. In fact, pairing Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda collectively could also be too unfair, so I might pair this 12 months’s 2024 Workforce USA up like this:
— Nelly Korda and Xander Schauffele
— Rose Zhang and Scottie Scheffler
— Lilia Vu and Collin Morikawa
* Wyndham Clark would sit it out since solely three American ladies certified.
Minjee Lee and her brother Min Woo Lee might characterize Australia collectively whereas Jason Day tees it up with Hannah Inexperienced.
Charley Hull and Tommy Fleetwood can be iconic, whereas Georgia Corridor and Matt Fitzpatrick can be a sneaky good pairing.
The varied codecs may be carried out. Perhaps even stretched out like a Ryder Cup/ Solheim Cup scenario.
The person stroke play might occur at the start of the video games, and the second week could possibly be for the Blended occasion. Perhaps Los Angeles in 2028 might make this occur as a result of I feel the followers would LOVE it.
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