Wednesday 13 July 2016 08:28, UK
With less than a month to go until golf makes its Olympic return, Paul McGinley discusses the problems the game is facing in the build-up to Rio.
There's a lot to discuss about golf's position in the Olympics and we will down the road. Everyone needs to take some responsibility with everything that has happened with the Olympics.
We need to find a way forward and decide if there is a place for golf in the Olympics and if so, we all need to row in behind with a proper strategy of how to showcase the game, including schedules.
Rory is his own man. He makes his own decisions, he's got his own mindset and he's got his own views. He's very honest and says things in an honest way - it's one of the things that makes him so endearing.
There is a lot of criticism for sports people who don't give an opinion, who hide behind bland statements. Now and again that's going to get him some headlines, but that's the game you play.
The number of withdrawals has damaged it somewhat, as you want your best players to showcase the sport.
The likes of Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington and Colin Montgomerie were all very much behind golf in the Olympics when it was decided seven or eight years ago, but now there's an age gap.
Rory, Jason and Jordan they weren't part of the equation and there's been a big gap of seven or eight years and maybe they haven't been brought along the way the previous generation of superstars was.
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