Golf long has been the unofficial sport of choice of American tycoons and presidents, with every modern U.S. commander in chief except Jimmy Carter being a golfer - but the decision of the International Olympic Committee to include it in the 2016 Summer Games suggests that the sport has outstripped its stereotypes.

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Golf long has been the unofficial sport of choice of American tycoons and presidents, with every modern U.S. commander in chief except Jimmy Carter being a golfer--but the decision of the International Olympic Committee to include it in the 2016 Summer Games suggests that the sport has outstripped its stereotypes and now has worldwide appeal, indicates Orin Stam, a professor of...