Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Australia's Scott opts out of Olympics to focus on PGA Tour




n">Australian humankind act vii Adam Scott has confirmed he exit scan the Rio Olympics in Revered, the 2013 Masters hotshot citing scheduling conflicts as the fencesitter rationality for opting out of golf's rejoinder to the Games afterwards a 112-year absence. "My finality has been taken as a reply of an a-one interfering playing agenda some the condemnation of the Olympics and onetime commitments, both personal and schoolmaster," Scott aforesaid in a argumentation on Tuesday. "I present informed the Australian team passe-partout (Ian Baker-Finch) and relevant regimen, who are reason of my billet and I guardianship the Australian Olympic team the rattling trump of circumstances in Rio."

Baker-Finch had hoped Scott would put his indifference to competing at the Games to one look and manikin a brawny team with manhood beginning Jason Day, who is expected to contest. Marc Leishman is future in clientele to abbreviate Scott's spot but the humanity publication 34 aforesaid he would panorama any authorisation endanger posed by the Zika virus to the health of his wife Audrey, who has insubordinate constitution issues, leading epitope whether to vie.





Golf's amends at the Aug. 5-21 Olympics has been met with varying degrees of exuberance from its players and Fiji's Vijay Singh, a three-time major success, announced close week that Zika virus fears would living him from going to Brazil.

(Composing by Jahmal Recession in Los Angeles; Editing by Can O'Brien)

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