Pádraig: I’d love to be an Olympian

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON might have lost to Tiger Woods in Akron but he’s hoping he gets a chance to duel it out with the world number one for an Olympic gold medal.

Golf and rugby are the favourites among the seven sports vying to be added to the 2016 summer Olympics, which will be award to Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo on October 2.

On Thursday, the 15-member executive board of the International Olympic Committee will narrow the list to two proposed sports, which will be voted on by the entire 106-member IOC Assembly in Copenhagen on October 9.