Golf returns to the Olympic programme for the first time in 112 years.

DAWN FRASER BLASTS ADAM SCOTT: "How much money do you want in life?
"Not showing much for your country." #AdamScottpic.twitter.com/uhK0OtqJ5O

— BeyondTheGameTV (BeyondTheGameAU) April 21, 2016 Aged 78, Australian swimming great Dawn Fraser laid into Scott, she said: \u201cWell done Adam great to put your country on hold so that you can fulfil your own schedule.\u201d Jack Nicklaus reacts to the news that Adam Scott won't participate in the 2016 Olympics: https://t.co/Lva0RILTwo pic.twitter.com/uUKp3DnfiD\u2014 GOLF.com (@golf_com) April 21, 2016 Others have come to his defence saying golf has no place in the Olympic Games.", "dateCreated": "2016-04-21 17:51:19", "dateModified": "2016-04-21 17:51:19 +02:00", "datePublished": "2016-04-21 17:51:19 +02:00", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/articles/330650/1440x810_330650.jpg", "width": "1440px", "height": "810px", "caption": "Australia's Adam Scott has come in for criticism after announcing he would be unavailable for the Rio Olympics, \nbecause of his busy schedule.", "thumbnail": "https://static.euronews.com/articles/330650/385x202_330650.jpg", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "euronews", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png" } }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Euronews", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Euronews", "legalName": "Euronews", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png", "width": "403px", "height": "60px" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] }, "video": { "@type": "VideoObject", "contentUrl": "https://video.euronews.com/mp4/med/EN/SP/SU/en/160421_SPSU_170A0-182107_E.mp4", "description": "Australia's Adam Scott has come in for criticism after announcing he would be unavailable for the Rio Olympics, \nbecause of his busy schedule.", "duration": "PT30S", "embedUrl": "https://www.euronews.com/embed/330650", "height": "202px", "name": "Great Scott! Adam in the bunker over Olympic snub", "thumbnailUrl": "https://static.euronews.com/articles/330650/385x202_330650.jpg", "uploadDate": "2016-04-21 17:51:19", "videoQuality": "md", "width": "385px", "inLanguage": { "name": "en-GB", "alternateName": "en", "description": "https://www.euronews.com", "identifier": "en", "url": "https://www.euronews.com", "inLanguage": "en-GB" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Euronews", "legalName": "Euronews", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png", "width": "403px", "height": "60px" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] } }, "speakable": { "@type": "SpeakableSpecification", "xPath": [ "/html/head/title", "/html/head/meta[@name='description']/@content" ], "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2016/04/21/great-scott-adam-in-the-bunker-over-olympic-snub" } }, { "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Euronews.com", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "potentialAction": { "@type": "SearchAction", "target": "https://www.euronews.com/search?query={search_term_string}", "query-input": "required name=search_term_string" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] } ] }
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Great Scott! Adam in the bunker over Olympic snub

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Australia's Adam Scott has come in for criticism after announcing he would be unavailable for the Rio Olympics, because of his busy schedule.

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Australia’s Adam Scott has come in for criticism after announcing he would be unavailable for the Rio Olympics,
because of his busy schedule. **> Adam Scott has decided he is “too busy” to play in August's Rio 2016 Olympic Games https://t.co/SRGScxckjapic.twitter.com/bAVyiUkPaD > > — CNN (CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/722745231431569408">April 20, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Golf returns to the Olympic programme for the first time in 112 years. <b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align-center data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">DAWN FRASER BLASTS ADAM SCOTT: "How much money do you want in life?<br>"Not showing much for your country." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdamScott?src=hash">#AdamScott</a> <a href="https://t.co/uhK0OtqJ5O">pic.twitter.com/uhK0OtqJ5O</a></p>&mdash; BeyondTheGameTV (BeyondTheGameAU) April 21, 2016

Aged 78, Australian swimming great Dawn Fraser laid into Scott, she said:
“Well done Adam great to put your country on hold so that you can fulfil your own schedule.” **> Jack Nicklaus reacts to the news that Adam Scott won't participate in the 2016 Olympics: https://t.co/Lva0RILTwopic.twitter.com/uUKp3DnfiD > > — GOLF.com (@golf_com) April 21, 2016

Others have come to his defence saying golf has no place in the Olympic Games.****

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