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Viktor Hovland on first meeting his Norwegian teammate: 'I hated him'
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Tuesday, 27 July 2021 01:54
KAWAGOE, Japan – As team chemistry goes, this wasn’t exactly what one would expect from Olympic countrymen. “I hated him,” Viktor Hovland smiled Tuesday at Kasumigaseki Country Club. Hovland was referring to his Norwegian teammate for this week’s Olympics, Kristian Johannessen. It all started when Hovland was deciding where he wanted to attend high school. “We were playing a junior…
How Open champ Collin Morikawa celebrated with claret jug, before Olympics
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Tuesday, 27 July 2021 02:11
KAWAGOE, Japan – It was a tight turnaround for Collin Morikawa and the other athletes who competed two weeks ago at The Open before heading to Japan for this week’s Olympics, but the Champion Golfer of the Year did make the most of that time. Morikawa said he and caddie J.J. Jakovic celebrated Sunday night in England before catching a…
Australia's Cameron Smith spices up mullet just for Olympics
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Tuesday, 27 July 2021 02:18
KAWAGOE, Japan – When Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith teamed earlier this season to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the Australians enjoyed a viral moment when Leishman walked onto the first tee wearing a long, blonde wig. It was to honor his teammate’s famous mane. Smith continued the duo’s tradition this week in Japan by have the letters…
Tee times for Rds. 1 and 2 of men's Olympics; Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa grouped
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Monday, 26 July 2021 14:57
Here's a look at tee times for the 60-player field in the Olympic Men's Competition at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo, Japan, highlighted by the trio of Open champion Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy and Sungjae Im. (All tee times listed as ET; Tokyo is 13 hours ahead) Wednesday, July 28 6:30PM: Rikuya Hoshino (JPN), Thomas Pieters (BEL), Sepp Straka (AUT)…
Storms, in wake of typhoon, could disrupt golf competitions in Olympics
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Monday, 26 July 2021 04:53
The men’s Olympic golf competition begins Thursday in Japan, after the expected arrival of a typhoon on Tuesday morning in the Tokyo vicinity. In U.S. terms, the incoming weather is a mid-grade tropical storm, according to Olympic officials. “It is a tropical storm of three grade out of five, so you shouldn’t be too much worried about that, but it…
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