European Tour chief executive George O'Grady said he and US Tour commissioner Tim Finchem met Rogge on Thursday in Lausanne, to discuss the sport's chances of joining the Olympics.

 

Nothing was agreed, O'Grady said.

 

"We now know all of the obstacles we have to overcome," O'Grady said today at a news conference at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

 

"We now know all of the ground rules we have to satisfy.

 

"We know the time scale when we have to present our case.

 

"We know the support we have to have from around the world."

 

Golf has not been an Olympic sport since 1904, when Canadian George Lyon won the gold medal.

 

Talks on its inclusion again have been held intermittently for the past 25 years.

 

O'Grady said many of the minor tours the European Tour represents want golf to become an Olympic sport again because of the increased government funding they would receive.