Adam Scott is the second well-known name to announce that he will not participate in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. In a statement, the Australian says his decision is the result of a “busy playing schedule around the time of the Olympics and other commitments, both personal and professional.”
For months, Scott, winner of the Masters at Augusta in 2000, has been indifferent about golf’s inclusion in the Olympics, repeatedly stating that he was going to focus more on trying to win a major than a gold medal.
Scott is the second player to announce that he will not participate in the Games. The first was Fiji’s Vijay Singh, also an Augusta Masters winner.
Scott’s place on the Australian team will presumably be taken by Marc Leishman , number 33 in the Olympic scoring rankings, but even Leishman’s participation is an uncertainty, as his wife is recovering from a series of serious infections she suffered last year and it is not known how long her recovery will last.
The one who has so far adjusted his competition schedule to participate in the Olympics is his compatriot and current world number one, Jason Day.
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