T HE 2016 S UMMER O LYMPICS

The 2 0 1 6 Su mm er Ol ym p i cs, officially

known as the G am es o f t h e XX X I O l ym pi ad ,
are a major international multi–sport event
to be celebrated in 2 0 16 . The host city of
the Games will be R i o d e Jan ei r o , B r az i l .
The events are scheduled to be held from
Au g u st 5 t o 2 1 , 2 01 6 .

The 2 0 1 6 S u mm er Ol ym p i c program is scheduled to feature 28 sports

and a total of 38 disciplines. There were two open spots for sports and
initially seven sports ( including GOLF ) began the bidding for inclusion
in the 2 0 1 6 program. Baseball and softball, which were dropped from
the program in 2 0 0 5 , GOLF , karate, squash, roller sports ( inline speed
skating ), and rugby sevens, all applied to be included. Leaders of the
seven sports held presentations in front of the In t er n at io n al O l ym p i c
Co m m i t t ee executive board in Ju n e 2 0 09.

On October 9th, 2009, the International Olympic Committee voted to INCLUDE

GOLF and rugby sevens on the program for the Games in Rio. The other
26 sports were also confirmed with a large majority of the votes.

G OLF WAS an Ol ym p i c event for the first and only

time in 1 9 04 , in S ai n t L o u i s, M i sso u r i . In a cold
rain storm, G eo r g e S . L yo n won the GOLD MEDAL for
Can ad a. Twelve years later, in 1 91 6 , Lyo n would
establish a committee to administer the RULES OF
GOLF in C an ad a. He also became the committee’s
first ch ai r m an . Nineteen years later, in 1 9 23 ,
L yo n would serve as Pr esi d en t of the R o yal Can a-
d i an G o l f Asso ci at i o n ( R .C.G .A. ). L yo n was
known as « Canada’s Grand Old Man of Golf ».
L yo n traveled to L o nd o n in 19 0 8 to defend his
O l ym p i c title, but plans to stage a golf tournament there were CAN-
CELLED at the last minute, and golf HAS NOT BEEN HELD in the O l ym p i cs
since.
I S G OLF U NETHICAL ?

Au g u st 1 8 t h , 2 0 09

R an d y Co h en

THE ISSUE

Last week in B er l i n , the In t er n at i o n al Ol ym p i c Co m mi t t ee’s [ I.O.C. ] execu-

tive board voted to recommend that GOLF be INCLUDED in the 2 0 1 6 G am es; the
full membership will vote in O ct o ber [ 2009 ].

In Ju l y, in Car acas, the Ven ez u el an president Hu g o Ch ávez

DENOUNCED GOLF as « a bourgeois spor t », and officials have
taken steps TO CLOSE TWO COURSES . The joys or miseries of
playing the game aside, when it comes to assessing golf’s un-
derlying ethos, who is more persuasive, Ch ávez or the I.O .C. ?
 Hugo Chávez denounced golf
as « a bourgeois sport »

THE ARGUMENT

While it would be oversimplifying either to uncritically exalt or utterly damn the

culture of golf, on balance Ch ávez HAS THE STRONGER CASE .

The golf community, like most others, is neither monolithic nor immutable, but
the current customs and values of big–time professional golfers, those most
likely to dominate O l ym p i c play, seem remote from the Olympic ideal.

Here’s how those golfers look from one international perspective, that of B ru ce
S el cr ai g , writing in T h e Ir i sh T i m es during R yd er Cu p week in 2 0 06 :

< < They drive the same luxury car s, have simil ar messy d i-
vorces, and whether they be from Denmark or De nver offer
up the same golf clichés in a glob alised TV–ready Engl ish th at
pleases their corporate sponsors. > >
American golfers are even more homogeneous and more conservative than their
global colleagues, S el cr ai g asserts, citing a S p o r t s Il lu st r at ed survey of 76
P.G.A. tour players :

● 91 percent endorsed the confirmation of Ju st i ce S am u el A. Al i t o Jr .;

● 88 percent supported the invasion of Ir aq; and

● 0 percent had seen « Brokeback Mountain ».

Not science, perhaps, but not unrevealing.

[ B A C K G R O U N D IN F O R M A T I O N ― S A M U E L A . A L I T O J R . I S A C O N S E R V A T I V E A S S O -
CIATE JU STIC E OF THE SUPR EME COURT OF T HE UN ITE D STATE S. HE W AS N OMI NATED BY
PRESIDE NT GEORGE W . BUSH AND HAS SER VED O N THE COURT SINC E JANU ARY 31ST,
2006. ]

As stated on an official O l ym p i c Web site, « the goal of the Olympic Movement »

― it is a movement, not just a gateway to a W h eat i es box ―

< < [ ... ] is to contribute to bu ilding a peacefu l and be tter

world by educating youth through sport practiced without
discr iminatio n … with a sp irit of fr iendsh ip, solid arity and
fair p lay > >

The culture S el cr ai g describes is MORE REDOLENT OF A GATED COMMUNITY THAN

AMIABLE INTERNATIONAL POPULISM .
That culture was discreditably displayed in 2002, when protests arose over the
M ast er s T o u r n am en t being held, as ever, at the Au g u st a N at i o n al Go l f Clu b,
a private club W ITHOUT A SINGLE WOMAN MEMBER .

[ BACKGR OUN D INFO RMAT ION ― AUGUST A N ATI ON AL GO LF CLUB, L OCAT ED I N THE
U.S. CITY OF AUGUST A, GEORG I A, I S ON E OF THE MO ST EXCLUSIVE GOLF CLUBS I N THE
WORLD. TH E CLUB O PE NED FOR PL AY I N J ANU ARY 19 33. S INCE 19 34 IT H AS PL AYED
HO ST TO T HE AN NUAL M ASTERS T OURN AME NT, O NE OF T HE FOUR M AJOR C H AMP IO NSHI P S I N
PROFE SSIO NAL G OLF. IT I S C U R R E NT LY R ANK ED T H E NU M B ER O NE C OU R SE IN G O LF D I -
GEST' S LI ST OF AMERIC A' S 100 GR EATE ST COUR SE S. ]

Lamentably, FEW male golf stars joined the protest. T i g er W o o d s was con-
spicuously willing to play at a sexually segregated club ( and one that did not
accept a black member until 1 9 9 0 ). He had no particular duty to step up ―
no honorable person can play at a segregated club ― but his inspiring per-
sonal history made his complacency especially sad. As of Ap r il [ 2009 ], when
the M ast er s again returned to Aug u st a, the club still had NO WOMEN , a fact
that should worry the golf–besotted I.O .C., which trumpets its determination
« to enh ance women’s p articipatio n in sport at al l le vels ».

Reactionary bastions like Au g u st a are not the whole story. Golf is also played
on public courses ― there are 16,000 nationwide ― and some pros emerge
from that modest terrain. N ew Y or k Ci t y, for example, has 12 municipal
courses. ( Q u een s, with four, has the most. M an h at t an has none, although I
can envision a concrete course that begins with a tee at the Ap o l lo and ends
on a green near the stock exchange. It’ll keep pedestrians alert. )
Yet golfers appear to be a less diverse group, and a group less interested in di-
versity, than, say, soccer players or runners.

As Ch ávez put it :

< < There are sports and there are sports. Do you mean to
tell me this is a people ’s sport ? > >

He answered his own question : < < It is not. > >

Although not explicitly mentioned by Ch ávez or the I.O .C ., GOLF ENTAILS QUES-
TIONABLE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS . UN E SCO warns of the lamentable conse-
quences of building golf courses to attract international tourists :

< < An average golf cour se in a trop ic al country such as Thai-

land needs 1500 kilograms of chem ic al fert ilizer s, pest icide s
and herb icide s per year , and uses as much water as 60,000
rural vill agers. > >

[ B A C K G R O U N D IN F O R M A T I O N ― T H E U N I T E D N A T I O N S E D U C A T I O N A L , S C I E N T I F I C
AND CULTUR AL ORG AN IZAT IO N ( UNESC O ) IS A SPE CIALIZED AGENCY OF THE U NITED
N AT I ON S EST AB LI S HED ON N OV EM B ER 16TH , 1 945 . IT S ST AT ED PU R P OS E I S T O C ONT R IB -
UTE TO P EAC E AND SECUR ITY BY PR OMOTI NG INTER NATION AL COLL ABOR ATI ON THROU GH
EDUCATI ON , SC IENC E, AND CULTURE IN ORDER TO FURTHER UNI VER SAL RE SPECT FOR JU S-
TICE, T HE RU LE OF L AW, AND TH E HUM AN RI GHT S AND FUND AMENT AL FREEDOM S PRO -
CLAIMED IN THE U NITED N ATI ON S CH ARTER. ]
 Golf entails questionable
environmental ethics

Some courses have become more frugal with water, and a team of British sci-
entists argues in « The Biologist » that « many golf course s ac tively promote
nature co nser vat ion and h arbour so me of our rarest plant and animal
specie s ».

But IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE that the best–designed nature preserve includes 18

putting greens, or THAT EVEN THE MOST SOPHISTICATED GOLF COURSE IS BETTER FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT THAN NO GOLF COURSE AT ALL .

These considerations are putatively important to the Ol ym p i c M o vem en t ,

which declares its intent « to encourage and support a responsible concern
for environmental issues, to promote sustainable development in sport ».

( While not strictly a matter of environmental ethics, as a kid playing pitch and
putt in Ch ar l est o n , S o u t h Car ol i n a, I saw an alligator on the course ―
they’ve got plenty down there ― adding excitement to an otherwise placid pur-
suit. If the I.O .C. does go with golf in 2 01 6 , I hope it will be a version that fea-
tures large carnivores. )
 It is hard to believe that
the most sophisticated golf course
is better for the environment
than no golf course at all

Every big–time sport has its disheartening elements. College basketball, a

game I love, is marred by periodic recruiting scandals; academic mischief; the
strange behavior of the N .C.A.A. [ Nat io nal Co lleg iat e At hlet ic Asso ciat io n ],
its governing body; and R i ck Pi t i n o ’s love life. [ P it ino is an Amer ican basket -
ball co ach. ]

Perhaps the only moments of grace and beauty and virtue in any game occur
during actual play, and we should not look too closely at its broader culture
and implicit ethics without expecting to be dismayed. But there are genuine
differences between the ethos of one sport and another. It is hard to imagine
the Du ke o f W ell i n g to n declaring, « The Battle of Water loo was won in the
corporate hosp itality tent s of the P.G .A. tour ».

[ BACKGRO UN D INFO RMATION ― T HE PGA T OUR IS THE OR GANIZ ATI ON TH AT OPER -

UN ITED STATE S. ]
ATES T HE MAIN PR OFE SSIO NAL GOLF CH AMP IO NSH IP S IN THE
 GREEN PAR TY OF ONTARIO
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION O F PHYSICIANS
FOR T HE ENVIRO NMENT (C.A. P.E.)

CANADIAN CANCER S OCIETY (C.C.S.)

NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY

OF ONTARIO (N.D. P.)

CANADIAN COALITION FOR HEALTH

AND ENVIRON MENT (C. C.H.E.)

PESTICIDE FREE ONTARIO ( P.F.O.)

CANADIAN ENVIRO NMENTAL LAW

ASSOCIATION ( C.E.L.A.) REGISTERED NURSES’ ASSOCIATION
OF ONTARIO (R.N.A.O.)

DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION SIERRA CLUB OF CANADA


WARNING : Regardless of its 4 . The G o l f In d u st r y must CREATE
Exception Status in many jurisdic- a FULLY TRANSPARENT database for
tions, the G o l f In d u st r y faces some right–to–know information concern-
huge challenges because of its HIGH ing its chemicals.
DEGREE OF VULNERABILITY concerning
several public affairs issues. In or- 5 . The G o l f In d u st r y must directly
der to successfully deter the mali- and actively SUPPORT LITIGATION
cious efforts of all Enviro–Maniac– launched against those enviro–
Activists, the G o l f In d u st r y must maniac–activists that have conspi-
immediately address the following red to prohibit FEDERALLY LEGAL , SCI-
sixteen critical issues. ENTIFICALLY SAFE , TOTALLY IRREPLA -
CEABLE , and ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSA-
1 . The G o l f In d u st r y must CEASE BLE pest control products, and cease
focusing on the ineffective INTE- being a mere casual observer.
GRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ( I.P .M . )
strategies as the solution to its pub- 6 . The G o l f In du st r y must explain
lic affairs problems. Unfortunately, why some of its chemicals are pro-
I.P.M . has been designed to be ap- hibited by other nations, but not in
plicable to the Agr i cul t u r e Ind u s- Canada, and cease its wasteful
t r y, and NOT the G o l f In du st r y. « Wag The Dog » policies on irrele-
vant issues such as saving quintoz-
2 . The G o l f In d u st r y must publicly ene.
DIVULGE to the public ALL scientific
information that ascertains that its BACKGROUND I NFORMATIO N FRO M AN I NDEPENDENT
PERSPECTIVE ─ I N THE UNITED STATES, THE ENVI-
chemicals are definitely « minimum– RONMENTAL PROTECTIO N AGENCY ( E.P.A. ) CO N-
CLUDED THAT THE RISKS WHEN USING QUINTOZENE
risk » or « reduced–risk ». WERE S UB S TA NTI A L FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STAND-
POINT. THE E.P.A. CONCLUDED THAT THE RE–
REGISTRATION OF QUINTOZENE WAS ACCEPTABLE PRO-
3 . The G o l f In d u st r y must publicly VIDED THAT ALL TU RF US ES WE R E TE RMI NAT ED.
IN
DENOUNCE the so–called green alter- VIEW OF THE MANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE
SAFETY OF QUINTOZENE, IT WOULD SEEM PREFERABLE
natives to conventional pest control THAT THE GOLF INDUSTRY WITHDRAW ITS PETITION IN
SUPPORT OF THIS INGREDIENT. MOREOVER, BY DE FE ND -
products as bogus, and the biologi- ING A PRODUCT ASSOCIATED WITH SE RI OUS HEALTH,
ENVIRON–MEN TAL, TURF PHYTO –TOXICIT Y ISSUES,
cal–natural–organic methods, as al- THE
AND
GOLF I ND US TRY HA S WE A KE NE D I TS CRE DI BI LI TY.
most INEFFECTIVE and NON – EXISTENT . THE PEST MANAGEMENT REGULATORY AGENCY OF
HEALTH CANADA ( P.M.R.A. ) WILL FOLLOW WITH THE
 E. P.A. BY
SAME DECISION AS
SALE OF QUINTOZENE BEYOND
THE
2010,
PRO HIBITING
AND BY PRO HIBIT-
ING THE USE OF QUINTOZENE BEYOND 2011.
MANUFACTURI NG I NDUSTRY WI LL NOT DEFEND QUI N-
TOZENE. FURTHERMORE, THE MA NUFACTURING I NDUS-
TRY WILL NO LONGER INVEST IN ANY PEST CONTROL
PRODUCTS IN CANADA, SINCE IT ABHORS OPERATING IN
MARKETS MADE UNSTAB LE BY TE RRO RI SM, WHETHER
POLITICAL OR ENVIRONMEN TAL.
7. The G o l f In d u st r y must VIGOR-
OUSLY EMBARK on a massive public
relations campaign to stop the pro-
posed scheme by Enviro–Maniac–
Activists and Nat i o n al Dem o cr at i c
Par t y o f Can ad a threatening a NA-
TIONAL prohibition of pest control
products. N.D. P. is the POLITICAL
SHIELD for the Environmental–Ter-
ror–Movement.
8 . The G o l f In d u st r y must review
and justify its current and extensive
array of chemicals.
9 . The G o l f In d u st r y must plan for
the INEVITABLE and TOTAL REVOCATION
of its EXCEPTION STATUS in most ju-
risdictions across Canada, in two to
four years. The G o l f In d u st r y will
lose many or ALL of its valued and
necessary pest control products.
1 0 . The G o l f In d u st r y must provide
the public with scientific informa-
tion supporting the idea that its in-
novative management practices MAY
SLIGHTLY reduce the use of pest con-
trol products.
1 1 . The G o l f In d u st r y must de-
velop and publish golf maintenance
protocols and the performance
standards EXPECTED by its playing
customers. So far, the Go l f Ind u s-
t r y has been ridiculously inconsis-
tent in defining « suitable playing sur-
faces ».
THE
1 2 . The G o l f In d u st r y must SCIEN-
THE TIFICALLY DEFINE and PUBLICALLY DIS-
CREDIT the misleading term « Or-
ganic Golf Course », and establish
policies for expelling clubs using
this INACCURATE and MISLEADING
term from its trade associations.
13. The G o l f In d u st r y must VERY
STRONGLY ADDRESS and DISCREDIT the
misconceptions concerning im i d a-
cl o p r id , ch l or o th al o n il , 2 ,4 – D, and
other chemicals.
1 4 . The Golf Industry must TERMINATE
all relationships with Environmental–
Terror–Organizations like the Con-
temptible–Can ad i an –Can c er – S o ci e-
t y, Wo r l d Wi l dl i fe F u n d , and oth-
ers. All related charitable tourna-
ments that provide financial dona-
tions and support to these Environ-
mental–Terror–Organizations must
be SUSPENDED and REDIRECTED .
15. The G o l f In d u st r y must OP-
POSE the LOATHSOME and RIDICULOUS
Ro yal Can ad i an G ol f Asso ci at i o n
( R.C.G .A. ) that raises millions of
dollars for the Millionaire–C an ad i -
an – Can cer – S o ci et y, an Environmen-
tal–Terror–Organization that uses this
money in its conspiracy to prohibit
of FEDERALLY LEGAL , SCIENTIFICALLY
SAFE , TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE , and
ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSABLE conven-
tional pest control products.
1 6 . The G o l f In d u st r y must openly
and financially SUPPORT POLITICAL
CANDIDATES that oppose any prohibi-
tion of pest control products.
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