Women's boxing celebrated the end of a century of inequality.

Golf, well golf was the kind of happy you'd see from a rich man who finds 500 bucks in the pocket of his $5000 pants.

Already golf commands enormous global attention and riches, unlike most Olympic sports which get two weeks in the sun every four years.

Try as golf officials might have yesterday to herald the sport's nomination for the 2016 Olympics as well deserved and about time, top players struggled to paint it as anything but a happy bonus.

''You could disregard the golf tournament as far as I'm concerned. I just want to be at the Olympics,'' Australian Geoff Ogilvy said. ''Two weeks with the camaraderie and mayhem in the village, that would be the best part of it.''

Like tennis, golf will face the criticism that the Olympics will never be its pinnacle event.

Mat Goggin probably spoke for many top pros, all of whom said they'd love to be at the Olympics but almost none of whom ranked a gold medal above a British Open claret jug or a US Masters green jacket.

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