Golf doesn’t need the Olympics, and the Olympics sure don’t need golf

A few weeks after the Olympics, the golf world moves on to the Ryder Cup, a tension-filled, attention-grabbing competition that captivates hard-core and casual golf fans with its traditional battle of the USA v Europe.

That leaves us with a golf tournament that isn’t much of a golf tournament and an Olympic event that isn’t much of an Olympic event, all on a course with no history and plenty of opposition.