Mike Weir Previews Olympic Golf and Explains Why Top Players Avoided Rio

Golf is coming back to the Olympics for the first time since 1904. Many of the world's top golfers won't be in Rio de Janeiro to compete for a gold medal, however.

Which golfers aren't going to participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics? Which male and female will be favored to take home the gold?

Watch in the video above as PGA Tour member and TNT Golf Analyst Mike Weir previews Olympic golf with Stephen Nelson.

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