By V. Krishnaswamy. Europe, 09:02 PM IST In a bid to include golf in the 2016 Olympic programme, the International Golf Federation (IGF), comprising representatives of the world's most influential bodies in the sport, has formed a new Olympic committee. The committee will make an effort to push golf at the highest level in the right manner. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its part has recognised IGF as the 'voice of golf'. Ty Votaw of the PGA Tour will serve as executive director of the new committee and will spearhead the campaign in the period till IOC's meeting in October 2009, when it will decide on the inclusion of any new sports for 2016. Peter Dawson, chief executive of The R and amp;A and a member of the IGF olympic committee, said there are two vacant slots for new sports in 2016. The sports vying for...
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