European Solheim Cup player Melissa Reid "believes Olympic organizers missed a trick by not opting for a mixed matchplay event when golf returns to the Games in August following a 112-year absence," according to Tony Jimenez of REUTERS.
The 28-year-old Briton said that "the players would have preferred a different format to the separate men's and women's 72-hole strokeplay competitions scheduled for Rio de Janeiro."
Reid: "I just wish they would have done it in a matchplay situation. If it all goes well this year hopefully they will think about re-doing the format. Us players would love to play with the guys and to have something like a mixed matchplay would be amazing and I know that certainly all the players feel that." Reid said that golf's Olympic comeback "could be just the boost the game needs." She said,
"Look what it has done to cycling, athletics, diving. If we have a successful Olympics it would be great for our sport. We need to get more young kids, and more adults as well, involved in the game. I feel that golf isn't peaking as much as it should" (REUTERS 4/17).
