(CNN) -- The organizers of the 2016 Olympics in Rio selected a U.S-based company Wednesday to design the golf course where the leading players in the world will battle for gold in four years time. Hanse Golf Course Design beat off seven other challengers, including golf legends Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Greg Norman, to land the honor as the sport returns to the Olympic program for the first time in 112 years. The golf course will be built at Reserva de Marapendi in Barra da Tijuca, the district that will contain the largest number of Olympic venues. It is about five kilometres from the Athletes' Village.
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Golf legends ignored in choice for designer of 2016 Olympic golf course in Rio
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Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Greg Norman were disappointed bidders
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American company - Hanse Golf Course Design - selected as architects
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Golf will return to the Olympic Games after 112-year absence
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