Why Golf Should Be in the Olympics

I believe that golf should be in the Olympics for several reasons. The first reason is that golf is a very popular sport and is played in almost every country in the world. The second reason is that it meets the standards to be an Olympic games. The last reason is that because baseball and softball are being dropped from the Olympics, which makes room for golf.

Firstly, golf is a very popular sport, being play in almost every county in the world. Even Antarctica has an ice golf course. Golf is among the top five internationally competed sports in the world. There are many tournaments that include players and teams from countries and continents around the entire world. Some examples are: the Ryder Cup, the Presidents Cup, the four majors, the Solheim Cup, and many more. Also, because it is so popular, no matter where you held the Olympics there would be an Olympic quality golf course. This is a great advantage because normally the city that holds the Olympics has to spend millions and millions of dollars just to build the stadiums and arenas just to hold the games. If golf were one of the sports, then that would save them about 40-50 million dollars because that is the cost it would take them to build the golf coarse.

The second reason why I believe golf should be in the Olympics is because it meets the standards to be an Olympic sport. Most people say that an Olympic game should be sports where you have to be physically fit and sweat a lot. But what about curling.? You do not have to be physically fit to be a curler. All you have to do is slide on ice and let go of a rock. The hardest part about curling is having to sweep a broom for seven seconds at a time. Even though curling is not a physically demanding sport, it is still one of my favourites and one of the overall favourites.