BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Construction on the golf course for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is on pace for a test event about a year before the Summer Games, architect Gil Hanse says.
Hanse says the original plans were to have the course ready by 2014, giving organizers a two-year cushion before the start of the Olympics. Legal fights delayed the start of work. But Hanse says construction is expected to be done by the first half of 2014 and the course will be tournament-ready in the second half of ’15.
Hanse moved to Brazil for six months to work on the project but returned home last month. He will return for about two weeks out of each month to supervise the work.
Hanse spoke at media day for next month’s U.S. Amateur at The Country Club, which he helped renovate.
