Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's his choice. He is I think from a family of > mixed religion, so no clear indication there and > so he really is going to find it difficult to > choose. I don't think his choice will actuallly > upset anyone. Of course it will. There are plenty of small minded idiots out there who will take offence whichever way he chooses. If he does feel more British than Irish then he should go for Team GB and ask to change it to its correct name, Team GB & NI. > > If he chooses GB he might get to play with Gmac, > but more realistically 3 English players. If that > is likely to happen he may be swayed towards > Ireland, if Gmac does not get picked for GB. Both he and GMac represented Ireland in the golf World Cup as a team. But like rugby, hockey & cricket, they have one team representing the whole 'country'. In Brazil it wont be a team event as such, though each country is limited in how many golfers they can enter. http://golf.about.com/od/tourmajorevents/f/olympicformatfield.htm The only certain golfers to gain entry are the top 15 in the World rankings. If there are two or more from GB & NI in that 15 they could all play. But if Gmac for example finished 16th and didn't qualify for the GB team he may well qualify for the Ireland team.