For most professional athletes, playing for your country in the Olympics is the single most honored and prestigious thing you can do. Clearly not everyone feels that way though.
Brooks Koepka (USA), Adam Scott (Australia), Tyrrell Hatton (England), Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa), Thomas Pieters (Belguim) and Marcel Siem (Germany) have all requested to be left off their respective Olympic rosters this summer, per the Spanish outlet El Periodi Golf.
This might appear like a stunning development that would surely have fans around the world scratching their heads.
When in fact, it actually makes quite a bit of sense.
For beginners, Scott has previously made it known he does not
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