Author: Michael

Rory McIlroy on Day 4 of the Olympic Men’s Golf Competition. | Photo by John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images
After he finished in Paris, Rory McIlroy discussed golf’s current state and its role at the Olympics.
Even though Rory McIlroy’s watery demise on the par-4 15th hole ultimately sealed his fate, leaving him short of a medal, the Ulsterman still had an “amazing” week in Paris.
He likened this year’s Olympics to the Ryder Cup, McIlroy’s favorite tournament on the planet.

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U.S. beach volleyball duo Andy Benesh and Miles Partain will compete in the Round of 16 on Monday. But they’ll have to do it without their coach, Mike Placek — because they decided to fire him in the middle of the Olympics.
The split came after a rough start for Team USA’s top pairing. Partain and Benesh began Pool D play with a loss to Cuba in their opening match on July 27. Then, they had to battle to a 28-26 win in the second set of a 2-0 win over a bad Moroccan side on Tuesday. They got the W, but it wasn’t pretty.

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