First look at 2020 Toyko Olympic course, which is ready for the Games

TOKYO – The weeks leading up to the 2016 Olympics were anxious times for officials tasked with assuring that the built-to-order golf course was ready for golf’s return to the Games.

In the run-up to next year’s Games in Tokyo there won’t be any of those concerns. “We have had 90 years to prepare,” said Ryoichi Ohno, the captain of Kasumigaseki Country Club which will host ’20 Olympic golf competition.

For an uncomfortable few months the spotlight was squarely fixed on the Rio Olympic course, which was designed by Gil Hanse and built specifically to host the ’16 Games. Construction delays and logistical concerns were the focus heading into Rio which led to many distractions. But on Tuesday, as…