The executive director of the IGF's Olympic Golf Committee, Ty Votaw, was equally delighted.
And while I enjoy watching golf and playing golf, I need Olympic golf as much as my cat needs a Jacuzzi.
The Olympic golf competition will see medals awarded for men and women and the sport will also feature in the Paralympic Games in Rio.
We've benefited from a number of recent big events including the Olympic Torch arrival and the golf in Portrush.
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That was where the executive board of the International Olympic Committee voted to return golf to the Games in 2016 after a 112-year absence.
The family have been told that a search due to take place in the summer did not happen because PSNI resources were needed at the Irish Open Golf and the Olympic torch relay.
This is new relatively new ground in professional sports, although many sporting groups, including the International Olympic Committee, the Ladies Golf Union in Britain, the Ladies European Golf Tour and the United States Golf Association do allow transgender athletes to compete.
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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.
The Golden Bear was one of the earliest and most vocal advocates for golf as an Olympic sport, and in making his bid he shrewdly teamed with Annika Sorenstam, the former longtime women's world No. 1 (and a European to boot, adding international appeal).
Kevin Garside, of British newspaper The Independent, suggests the reintroduction of golf at the 2016 Olympic Games means anchored putting will be banned, despite U.S. resistance.
Six of the top 10 men in the current World Golf Rankings are from different Olympic nations, and selection rules will ensure even more diversity.
Nicklaus also believes golf's becoming an Olympic event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016 will give the game a boost, especially in countries like China and Brazil that are relatively new to the sport.
"I do believe in time the Olympic gold will become the most important event in golf and I don't believe it will take that long, " he said.
Commercially, it makes sense that international and personality-driven sports like golf and tennis have become part of the Olympic mix.
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Overnight, the Chinese government -- which boasts a long history of investing in Olympic sports -- finally had a reason to back golf.
"I'm excited, because I'm hitting the golf ball real well -- and at Olympic the people who have done well there have hit the ball well, " Woods said.
Roski recently got back not just the Sheraton-franchised hotel but the entire convention area, which includes 2 golf courses, 17 tennis courts and an Olympic-size pool complete with several levels of diving boards.
Moreover, golf isn't likely to be one of those Olympic sports dominated by a few powerhouse nations.
One week after he announced he was dating Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn, Woods returned to the top of golf.
He also joined the crowd in singing "Happy Birthday" to U.S. Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin, who was celebrating turning 18 at a golf club south of Denver.
"That the Irish Golf tournament and the resources involved in the carrying of the Olympic torch, that these are proffered as reasons for not continuing with the search for Arlene's body, the family would see these as excuses that just don't stand up to scrutiny, " he said.
But when the vote was finally taken both passed with flying colours, although the majority in favour of golf was somewhat smaller than that in favour of its fellow returnee to the Olympic family.
There will be more money on Rory to make it three in a row for Northern Ireland since golf's poster-boy took Jack's advice and practiced at Olympic last week, and his high ball flight should help with those approaches to tricky greens.
Actually, the comment came from a beaming Mike Davis, the U.S. Golf Association's executive director and the brains behind how the Lake Course at Olympic Club was set up for the Open.
After the Cadillac Championship, the Blue Monster will be shut down for six-to-eight months for a renovation led by golf course architect, Gil Hanse, the man chosen to design the 2016 Olympic course in Rio de Janeiro.
The land is heavily covered with mature Douglas firs and maple trees, and rolls across the base of a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula, with a total onsite elevation change of nearly 600 feet, again huge by golf course standards.
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Golf previously featured at the Paris Games of 1900 and in St Louis in 1904, while Olympic medals could be won by rugby players who contested the 15-a-side format from 1900-24.
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