The Olympics

13 July 2016

Danny has been named as one of four athletes to represent Team GB at the Olympic Games in Rio next month.

He will play alongside Justin Rose in the men’s 72-hole stroke play event, taking place between August 11-14. Catriona Matthew and Charley Hull will feature in the women’s tournament.

Danny is excited at the prospect of playing in Brazil ahead as part of a busy period in the season.

Speaking before the announcement, Danny said: “The opportunity is there to be an Olympian and it is going to be pretty cool. You don’t know how many times you will be in the Olympics.

“Being in that environment puts a different spin on our sport and what we do and how hard we work. As golfers we travel the world and play week to week traveling together, and very rarely do you get to see other people around in their working environment.

“So to be able to go and see Andy train, go in the gym, maybe bump into a countless number of people that you can go and watch train and see how they do and how hard they work and how they eat, how they rest up, how they recover and ask questions, and see if there's anything you can take from that and bring it back to within how I get ready for tournaments and how I train myself.”

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