Brazil has already secured the football World Cup in 2014 - and the president of the Rio bid committee, Carlos Nuzman, believes this will count in their favour.

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"We have a feeling that many IOC members wish to change, to give an opportunity for new continent, new cities, new countries, a new atmosphere for the Games, " added Nuzman.

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"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.

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