JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African golfer Jaco van Zyl is bucking the trend and skipping two majors — the British Open and the PGA Championship — so he can be fresh for the Olympics.
Several players have been going the other way and opting out of golf's return to the Olympics after 112 years, either because of the Zika virus or for scheduling reasons.
Top-ranked Jason Day and Rory McIlroy are among 12 eligible players choosing to give the Rio de Janeiro Games a miss. Three South Africans alone, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace, decided not to go.