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Young footballers learn tricks from Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe, while girls emulate world footballer Alexia Putellas. In football it runs itself; almost all other sports need national role models to give them a boost.
In the 1990s, Thomas Muster and Horst Skoff sparked a tennis boom in Austria. The attention increased as did the number of active people, investments were made in infrastructure and training, from which Dominic Thiem, for example, benefited. Now Golf has such a tractor. Sepp Straka made golf a popular topic of conversation. The Ryder Cup winner put the ball very close to the flag – now the golf association and the clubs can hole out.
Just a start
The progress that the sport of golf, which has been dormant in this country for a long time, has made in the last 25 years is considerable. Straka and the Ryder Cup triumph are undoubtedly the next milestone. However, there can be no talk of a Gulf country. After all, it takes more than a few tips from individuals. It requires a tradition that has grown over decades; Identification figures like Hermann Maier or “Schneckerl” Prohaska, who burn themselves into the national memory. Or did we become a triathlon country because Kate Allen became Olympic champion in 2004? Or a Mistral surfing nation because of Christoph Sieber’s gold prank in 2000? To stay in golf parlance: one birdie doesn’t make a summer.
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