Jean Van de Velde, golf consultant for France Television, will be live from Rio, to show us the return of golf to the Olympics after 112 years of absence. Current director of the first golf event in France "the French Open", he is also one of the most successful French golfers.
Rio 2016 D-50: golf returns to the Olympics with Jean Van de Velde

Jean Van de Velde - Photo: DR

France Television will broadcast in full on 4 of the group's channels, France 2, France 3, France 4 and France Ô, 4 antennas which will operate in parallel. 700 hours of broadcasting and 2 hours of scheduled competitions so that the French do not miss anything from the show!

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Jean Van de Velde: "If golf had been at the Olympics 30 years ago, of course I would have done some" 

“The Olympic Games will completely change the image of golf and the perception of the average spectator. Golf will regain its full stripes of sport by rediscovering the Olympic family, by being present at one of, if not the largest, sporting events. "

"For people who considered that golf is not a sport in its own right, I think they will be forced to reconsider their opinion, It is the most practiced individual sport in the world, with 75 million players, it's still not bad. It will put a hell of a boost. "

Awards:

Champion of France in 1998 and 1999, the 50-year-old Frenchman won two tournaments in his career (the Rome Masters in 1993, then the Madeira Open in 2006) and participated in the prestigious Ryder Cup. He has the privilege of commenting on a discipline that has not been Olympic since 1904!