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Rory may have to play for Ireland in Rio Olympics

It ' s beginning to look like Rory McIlroy ' s decision whether to play for Great Britain or Ireland at the 2016 Olympic Games will be taken out of his hands after the Chief Executive of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club Peter Dawson suggested that McIlroy may be obliged to represent Ireland .

" I think , because Rory ' s history of playing for Ireland at amateur level and I think at World Cup level , that there may be a regulation within the Olympic rules that would require him to stay with that .
It ' s quite ambiguous really but there is a rule that a player who has represented one nation at a previous world championships from certain countries , that carries with you ," said Dawson .
McIlroy has played for Ireland in the World Cup of Golf as a professional and in the world championship at both amateur and professional levels so , if Dawson is right , it would appear the decision has been made for McIlroy – something the Northern Irishman will no doubt be relieved about .

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