Olympics: Golf Underway At Games After 112-year Absence

Zeeshan Mehtab Published August 11, 2016 | 04:18 PM

Olympics: Golf underway at Games after 112-year absence

RIO DE JANEIRO,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Augst,2016) - Brazilian professional Adilson da Silva hit the first Olympic golf stroke in 112 years Wednesday in Rio, smacking the ball off the opening tee and into the first fairway. The swing completed years of work to return the sport to the Olympic lineup, a place it had not enjoyed since Canada's George Lyon won the 1904 St.

Louis Olympics title.

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