Olympic Emiliano Grillo reunited with his clubs days before tournament

Emiliano Grillo is representing Argentina in golf’s return to the Olympics, with the men’s tournament kicking off on Thursday from the Olympic Golf Course in Rio. However, the Argentinian is going to have trouble playing without his clubs.

Grillo flew down to Brazil ahead of the tournament, and his golf clubs and bag were lost by one of two airliners he flew, American and Latam.

The Frys.com (now Safeway) Open winner was hyped beforehand…

…and unhappy after hitting the ground.

American Airlines told Grillo they have a “team of folks” working on finding Grillo’s clubs, which is preposterous. They have tags on the clubs for a reason. This isn’t that hard.

Fortunately, Grillo had a little fun on Twitter about it later on Monday.

And, finally, late in the day on Monday, Grillo got his clubs back and enjoyed a loving embrace with them.

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