Finchem and O'Grady meet to push for Olympic golf

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VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) -- Leaders of the European Tour and PGA TOUR have held discussions with IOC president Jacques Rogge over the possible inclusion of golf at the 2016 Olympics.

European Tour chief executive George O'Grady said he and PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem met Rogge on Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss the sport's chances of joining the Olympics.

Nothing was agreed, O'Grady said.

"We now know all of the obstacles we have to overcome," O'Grady said Sunday at a news conference at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. "We now know all of the ground rules we have to satisfy.

"We know the time scale when we have to present our case. We know the support we have to have from around the world."

Golf has not been an Olympic sport since 1904, when George Lyon of Canada won the gold medal. Talks on its inclusion again have been held intermittently for the past 25 years.

O'Grady said many of the minor tours that the European Tour represents want golf to become an Olympic sport again because of the increased government funding they would receive.