Meet Gil Hanse, leader of the design team that beat out some of the biggest names in golf to win the design bid for Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic golf course. Amy is also interviewed, offering some insights to the team’s vision for the Olympic course:
“… the legacy that we want to leave behind, to inspire and encourage Brazilian youngsters to take up the game. We want to create a new generation of golfers there. Part of this whole design plan is a golf academy that Gil and I designed together, and hopefully it can become a state-of-the-art center.”
“As it marks the return of golf to the Olympic Games after over a century of absence, this course represents the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the sport. It will enable Rio to host important events in the international calendar and it will be an example of sustainability and preservation of an environmentally protected area,” said the President of Rio 2016™, Carlos Arthur Nuzman. “This course will be an excellent facility for the practice and development of golf and will inspire millions of youth across Brazil and the globe. We look forward to welcoming the athletes and spectators to the course in 2016.”
