A gold medal comes with some fringe benefits for whoever manages to claim the accolade on golf’s return to the Olympics, a fact of which Pádraig Harrington is only too well aware: having failed to play in either the Masters or the US Open this season, the Dubliner - who arrived into Rio de Janeiro on Monday where he met fellow competitor Séamus Power for the first time - can secure exemptions into those two Majors for 2017 . . . . if he wins! As part of their commitment to promoting golf at the Olympics, all four men’s Majors - and all five women’s - have ensured that whoever...
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