The recent announcement of golf returning to the Olympics in 2016 has let to my speculation regarding the significance of this decision to the golf industry. The following article is interesting in this regard. Personally I think it will have the greatest impact in the like of China where government sanctioned (Olympic) sport is managed at a completely different level than non-Olympic activity. Quite simply the Olympics legitimizes the sport in their eyes.
 

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