SWING ! A must-see exhibition in the Olympic Museum's Gallery

After a 112-year absence, golf is returning to the Olympic programme in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro!To mark this event, The Olympic Museum, in collaboration with the International Golf Federation(IGF), is devoting an exhibition to golf. The exhibition will be on at the Olympic Museum in Lausanneuntil 31 January 2016.

Staged at two editions of the Games (Paris 1900 and St Louis 1904), golf is getting its Olympic swing

back.

A SIX-HOLE COURSE DESIGN

The design, with its six "holes", offers a "walk through the course" to visitors, enabling them todiscover everything about this sport before the upcoming Games: its origins, the equipment, Rules,courses and the biggest golfing icons. No "green fee" is required to enter, as the exhibition is free ofcharge.

After its time at the Olympic Museum, the Swing exhibit will have a lasting legacy. It will bepresented in the fan zone at the golf venue during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and following thatwill visit the museums, tournaments and offices of a vast number of the IGFs 168 members aroundthe world.

AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION

With its interactive quizzes to test one’s knowledge about golf and the OMEGA Putt Challenge, thisexhibition has something for everyone.

A GAME OF VALUES

"The IGF is extremely grateful to the IOC for the wonderful opportunity this exhibit provides toshowcase the return of golf as an Olympic sport. As you will see in this exhibit much has changed inour sport since it was last in the Olympic Programme. But what has not changed are the values ofgolf and the spirit in which golf is played and governed. Integrity, Respect, Excellence and Solidarityare values that are in harmony with those of the Olympic movement and on display in this exhibit.Golf’s admission to the Olympic Programme has unified our sport. This exhibition is a great exampleof this unity and how daily the IGF collaborates with its membership in fulfilling its mission", as PeterDawson, IGF President noted during the inauguration ceremony of the exhibition.

"The return of Golf to the Games is not only good news for all Golf fans around the world, but thisexhibition also highlights values that are really important for the development of the Olympic spirit",echoed Francis Gabet, IOC Director of Culture & Heritage. "I would like to take two examples thatyou will discover or re-discover in our exhibition:One is gender equality as golf was one of the first sports to have female athletes competing at the

second edition of the modern Olympic Games in 1900. The second is the birth of Golf which is linked with the desire of peace by the people: in fact, the firstofficial mention of golf was in 1457 when King James the second banned it because people wereplaying golf instead of training to defend cities and villages!"

PRODUCTION AND CONTRIBUTORS

This exhibition was created by the Olympic Museum in partnership with the International GolfFederation (IGF), with the scientific help of the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum (USA), The BritishGolf Museum (UK), USGA Museum and Golf Canada. The scenography was imagined by « L’atelierCaravane » (FR).

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