Dutch golf star Joost Luiten let it rip Friday and revealed his plans for the Olympics after his efforts to play for the Netherlands have been blocked within the days main as much as the Video games.
After he missed the lower at The Open Championship, he didn’t maintain again his emotions concerning the Worldwide Golf Federation (IGF).
Luiten received a courtroom case, which might have put him within the event. Nevertheless, the IGF revealed the spot was already taken.
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Joost Luiten of the Netherlands performs his second shot on the eleventh gap through the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon July 19, 2024, in Troon, Scotland. (Warren Little/Getty Pictures)
“I’m the one who’s out. I’m the one who’s f—ed,” he mentioned on the Royal Troon Golf Membership in Scotland, by way of Golf Week. “I’m over it now. I spent some huge cash on a courtroom case to win it. And you then win it, after which they are saying, ‘F— it, you’re nonetheless not in as a result of another person f—ed up.’ That’s the annoying factor.
“It’s mistake after mistake after mistake, and nobody needs to come clean with it. And no one needs to make it proper. And now I’m able the place I don’t know what to do.”
Luiten referred to as IGF officers a “bunch of amateurs” and mentioned they need to make the Olympic golf occasion an newbie occasion due to it.
Luiten shot a 75 and a 76 within the first and second rounds, respectively, of The Open Championship.
The Netherland’s Joost Luiten watches his drive on the thirteenth tee on the opening day of the 152nd British Open Golf Championship at Royal Troon on the south west coast of Scotland July 18, 2024. (Glyn Kirk/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
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Luiten initially certified for the Olympics. Nevertheless, he was prohibited by his house nation, the Netherlands, as a result of he was not within the prime 100 of the Official World Golf Rating. Then, the IGF made its determination after he received the courtroom ruling.
“When the Worldwide Golf Federation (IGF) acquired notification of Joost Luiten’s courtroom ruling within the Netherlands and his entry from the Netherlands’ Nationwide Olympic Committee (NOC*NSF), his unused quota spot had already been reallocated pursuant to the IGF’s revealed qualification procedures,” the IGF mentioned in an announcement.
“The IGF was not a celebration to the authorized motion introduced forth by Luiten within the Netherlands. Nonetheless, in an effort to help Luiten, the IGF sought an exception from the IOC to extend the sector dimension of the boys’s Olympic golf competitors from 60 to 61 rivals to incorporate Luiten. Nevertheless, the request was denied by the IOC immediately. The IGF has suggested Luiten of the IOC’s determination, and he has not knowledgeable the IGF whether or not he intends to pursue this matter additional.”
Joost Luiten of the Netherlands smiles alongside his caddie, Martin Grey, on the 18th gap through the Professional-Am previous to the Genesis Scottish Open on the Renaissance Membership July 10, 2024, in North Berwick, Scotland. (Andrew Redington/Getty Pictures)
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Luiten mentioned Friday he as a substitute shall be taking a trip in Mallorca, Spain, and may very well be out there ought to an Olympian drop out on the final minute.
Fox Information’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
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