"As it marks the return of golf to the Olympic Games after over a century of absence, this course represents the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the sport, " said Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the president of the Rio organizing committee.
"The inauguration of this building, almost thirty years to the day afterthis institution was founded, brings to a close our early history while opening a major new chapter in the Museum's life, " Rochelle Slovin stated.