The women's Olympic golf tournament could be shortened to 54 holes due to an approaching tropical storm set to hit Kasumigaseki Country Club on Friday, with a golf official saying the hope is that players will be notified before the third round if a change is made.
The scheduled 72-hole event is in danger because play is not allowed to extend beyond Sunday's closing ceremony and the ability to play more than 18 holes per day is mitigated due to heat indexes above 100 degrees.
"We have notified the players that we may have to be forced to reduce to a 54-hole competition," said Heather Daly-Donofrio, an official with the International Golf Federation, during a media briefing Wednesday.