2016 Rio Olympics - Golf - Preliminary - Training session - Olympic Golf Course - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 06/08/2016. Adilson Da Silva (BRA) of Brazil watches his tee shot during practice. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian Adilson da Silva will strike the first tee shot as golf returns to the Olympic Games after an absence of more than 100 years on Thursday. Monday's draw for the withdrawal-hit men's event, announced by the International Golf Federation (IGF), grouped da Silva with Canada's Graham DeLaet, whose countryman George Lyon won the last Olympic golf tournament in 1904.
"Making history by hitting the first tee shot for 112 years in Olympic golf will be Adilson da Silva from the host nation Brazil," Peter Dawson, the IGF president said in Rio.
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