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| On the second day suspended, Matsuyama left 2 holes and a total was in the lead, provisional 3rd place (C) |
The Olympic golf in which Hideki Matsuyama (29) is participating is not exciting. Even if the fact that the second day is just over is subtracted, the public's interest is low.
"because there is no ingenuity in the competition method" is golf writer Eisaburo Yoshikawa. ■ Dara Dara 4 days "Even though it is a tournament once every four years, it takes 72 holes stroke play of individual competition like Pro Tour. It takes more than half a day for one round and it takes four days to settle. There is no sense of speed or tension. Golf has returned to the Olympics for the first time in 112 years at the last Rio Games, but Mr. Yoshikawa pointed out that many people were aware of it. The International Golf Federation (IGF) also reported that it would "review the competition method" by the next Tokyo Olympics .
Since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) emphasizes TV ratings, it emphasizes the comprehensibility, visibility, and speed of the competition. That's why the basketball "3x3" with a 10-minute period system, the seven-seat rugby "Sevens" with 7 minutes each in the first and second half, and skateboarding and surfing, which are popular among young people, were adopted. At the other end of the spectrum is golf, where players are scattered in 18 holes and the competition time is long. "Still, thanks to the efforts of the industry, golf has returned to the Olympics, in order to popularize golf in the underdeveloped countries of golf in the former communist bloc," continued Mr. Yoshikawa. "While 60 men and women are eligible to participate in the Olympics, athletes up to 15th in the Olympic ranking are given the right to participate in up to 4 people from one country, and even if they are 16th or lower, up to 2 people from one country can participate, so they are ranked 300th in the world. The following players have also appeared. On the other hand, the Rio Olympics are Zika fever.5 out of the top 10 in the world are absent because of this. This time too, D. Johnson, who is in second place, and L. Westhasen, who is in eighth place, do not dislike hard schedules. Olympic golf is not the tournament that decides the best in the world.
A few years ago, the European Tour had a two-day, six-hole tournament (12 holes in total) with the participation of two people from one country and 16 countries. At that time, there was talk of a game format that was created with the Olympics in mind. Baseball in the Olympics is available in only six countries. In any case, the way golf is played should be reconsidered. ”Before that, it may be excluded from the Olympics.
