On Oct. 9, the International Olympic Committee voted to reinstate golf (and rugby) as an Olympic sport. That means the 2016 Olympics will be unique in several ways, being it is the first Olympic games in South America and it will also feature two sports that haven't been part of the games for almost a century.

Personally, I think it's quite pointless to add golf as an Olympic sport. Most PGA and LPGA majors, even though they take place in the United States, already feature the best players from around the world.

For example, at the PGA Championship in Minnesota, seven of the top nine golfers on the scoreboard were foreign. All seven of them each represented a different country.

It's the same deal with female golf tournaments. At the U.S. Women's Open, the winner was South Korean Eun Hee Ji. Furthermore, only three of the top 11 were American.

I could tell you the results of all the other golf majors and the nationalities of the winners, but there is no need. The point is simply that all the golf events have so many players from all over the globe.

Also, most professional sports leagues in the world, other than the PGA and LPGA, only have intraleague play between teams inside their respective countries. The NBA teams and other professional teams only play other teams in their league and rarely against other professional teams from other countries. This gives plenty of reason for sports like basketball to be an Olympic event.

But golf as an Olympic sport will have no special meaning. There already are golf events where national teams duel each other, like the President's Cup for the men and the Solheim Cup for the women.

Anyway, Tiger Woods just dominates on the course, so the men's race for a gold medal is uncontested. The South Koreans always have a dominating force at the LPGA events. There won't be any huge surprises.

Even though the first Olympic round of golf is seven years away, I can already predict two medals for the United States in the guys race (Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson) and a sweep by the South Koreans for the women.

There won't be any additional excitement for golf at the Olympics, because there always is constant international play at professional golf events today. Unlike many people out there, I do actually enjoy watching golf. But it definitely won't be on my list of sports to watch at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.