From sweet to sour

Recently I went to Thorpe Park, and went on the rollercoasters - this has pretty much been the story for the Olympic games this week - a rollercoaster ride going from high to low in a second. They reached the summit when the 2016 games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, the city of passion, but plummeted straight down when golf was accepted as part of the Olympics from 2016 onwards.

The Olympics symbolizes the pinnacle of a sportsmen's career - what they dreamt about since the age of 7. This is is not the case with golf. The four majors will be far more important to the golfers, which has a string of golden history. The Olympic games will just be a little extra. It will not be the competition of all competitions for them, which renders everything every other tournament insignificant. This defeats the spirit of the Olympic games - the Greatest Show on Earth!

Last week, the taste in my mouth was invigorated with the carnival from Rio, but became sour with the IOC's decision to include golf in the Olympic games.