Will Brazil’s legacy plan for golf prove a success?

Many Brazilians who lined the fairways at the weekend to watch the first Olympic golf tournament in a century say the sport’s growth in South America’s largest country is no hole-in-one.

They took curious delight in walking among some of the world’s top players, but doubted golf would take off.

“In golf you need a lot of patience. Brazilians aren’t patient. We are more fiery,” said Lena Salgado, one of the few Brazilians to have played the game.