IOC Executive Director Gilbert Felli Confident About Rio Olympic Golf Course Plans

IOC Exec Dir Gilbert Felli "is confident a lawsuit against the city of Rio de Janeiro and a golf course developer will not prevent a test event from taking place before the 2016 games," according to Stephen Wade of the AP.  Felli, who is an appointed adviser to the Rio organizing committee, said, "Our understanding today is that we will be ready for the first test event which will be needed to be done for the golf. We are satisfied on the progress we see today." Officials of the Int'l Golf Federation, which oversees the games, has "acknowledged the schedule will be tight to hold a test event late in 2015 or early in 2016." Any further delays "will imperil the test event and again raise the questions about Rio’s preparations." Rio Organizing Committee President Carlos Nuzman said that "the matter was in the hands of the city and Mayor Eduardo Paes." Nuzman: "Golf will be in the Olympics. The city is responsible for the golf course" (AP, 9/24).