Golf Sports Medicine

October 9 news, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 121 plenary meeting in the Danish capital Copenhagen has just voted to become the 2016 Rio de Janelle, Golf Olympic Games. According to Golf League of Nations (IGF) plans submitted to the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic golf competition will be set up male and female individual gold medals in the competition according to the World of male and female professional golfers in the rankings decision.

According to the plan, the Olympic golf competitions with four 72-hole stroke play in the form of men and women in the limit of 60 players. The world's top 15 professional players will

automatically qualify, and then ranked according to the level of the world order of fill, but if the same country (region) Olympic players if you have more than two people (including 2), then this countries (regions) of the players no longer qualify.

After the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said in an interview: "The sport (golf) is popular with young people, to 2016, golf will reach unprecedented popularity. It and then enter the Olympic Games, tennis and hockey as also aroused controversy, but now, ask Rafael Nadal and Feeder in tennis, to ask the United States professional hockey players and NBA stars, they are willing to participate in the Olympic Games. "

Previously top-ranked male and female professional players - Tiger Woods and Lorena Ochoa, and Els, Mickelson had a number of top players have expressed support for golf into the Olympics, and will participate in the competition then.