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In July, the International Olympic Committee announced golf failed to obtain the half of vote, can not become the official 2012 London Olympics event. For UK,which is the birthplace of golf, it is a pity. Before that, golf has tried to attached to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but it still not sucess.
In fact, the Golf and Olympics lasting bonds have been several times more than that several times. From first love to the present, by age, though golf is old now, but vowed to keep up the Olympic Games were dead set on the end of time.
In this, to look at golf and the Olympics breakdown of romance.
In 1900, Golf in the romantic - the Olympic Games in Paris, the beginning of a first love, golf for the first time as a contest entry appears.
In 1904, the Golf and the Olympics again in hand, it is held in the United States St.Louis Olympics.
In 1920, the Olympic golf hopes a change of heart, but Zaodaolengyu.
The 3rd Olympic Games in Berlin in hand with the golf.
That was in 1936, forever in 1936.
After that, the previous Olympic Games seems to golf off my back.
In 1996, the Atlanta Olympic Games made director of BillyPayne held at Augusta during the game, but eventually met with International Olympic Committee rejected on the grounds that it has serious racial and gender discrimination.
This is the third golf courtship failed.
Time of the year 2002, the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge proposed increase of golf competitions, but the boycott was not the International Olympic Committee vote.
In 2008, the golf tournament once again excluded from the Beijing Olympic Games outside.
This year in July, when the golf once again knocking the door of the London 2012 Olympic Games when the International Olympic Committee again rejected.
Why after a century of bitter love golf and the Olympics is still difficult to come together?
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In fact, the IOC is not a modern feudal patriarch, not opposed to free love golf and the Olympics, but that the current Golf is too naive, if barely combined, may not last forever, so he had to stop both "puppy love."
Although the Golf Olympic crush, but if the hearts and minds may find it difficult to win an Olympic all ages. This requires that golf should be open-minded the Sea, concerned face in the crowd. Here, a few hearts and minds to the golf tricks:
The first one: to convince professional players. In the eyes of many professional players, even the four Olympic gold medals but also less competition trophies, one chip. Golf should persuade pros to fight for the Olympic spirit, to support the Olympic Games;
The second move: golf most of the countries in the world, or "children to meet strangers." Most people may not support, giving Zimingqinggao sense, the Olympic course on as a "proud" of treatment was. Olympic individual countries will not be cast for trophies, which would only dampen the enthusiasm of more people;
The most important thing is money. Most golf should contribute to the economic development of developing countries. "Depository real conceivable manners", the poor developing countries is difficult to referral to the general public golf in a short time.
