The president of the R&A has a problem with the pace the new Olympic course is being built. And it has been kind of ridiculous, there's only two years left, and there isn't even any grass down yet. Everyone wants golf to be this great success at the Olympics, but if the course is in terrible shape, we'll never hear the end of it. Taking such a significant event to a course so new is just not a particularly good idea. People had issues with Kiawah when they had the Ryder Cup there in '91 precisely because place was still rough around the edges, and players complained about Bellerive when the 1965 U.S. Open was held there, again, because the place was new and the grass wasn't in great shape. Everyone wants Olympic golf to be a success, but at this point, I'm not holding my breath.
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