Hend happy to handle Australia's hopes in Rio golf


  • Golf
  • Wednesday, 29 Jun 2016

Australia's Scott Hend tees out during the third round at Bro Hof golf club during the Nordea Masters tournament in Stockholm, Sweden, June 4, 2016. TT News Agency/Fredrik Persson/via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Scott Hend might not be the best known Australian golfer but the peripatetic world number 75 says he is happy to handle the burden of his country's hopes at the Rio Olympics after a rash of high profile withdrawals.

World number one Jason Day pulled out of the Games on Tuesday citing concerns over the Zika virus, following world number eight Adam Scott and 39th ranked Marc Leishman in withdrawing his name from contention.

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