Phil Mickelson Thinks Golf Should be in the Olympics
Phil Mickelson believes that golf should be an Olympic sport by the year 2016 because of how it would help develop the growth of golf worldwide.
“It would bring in 168 different countries and their Olympic foundation, and all those revenues would be going toward the growth of the game of golf.” -Phil Mickelson
With this idea, Mickelson also suggested that golf in the Olympics would actually be more important for the game than events such as this weekend’s PGA Championship. While Mickelson favors the idea, others such as Trevor Immelman believe that not only golf should not be in the Olympics, but also basketball and tennis, citing the sports were too professional and the athletes who played them were being paid too much money already. Worldwide interest in golf may increase with its addition to the Olympics, but take away the majors to accomplish this? I don’t know about that.
