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Lehi • Pardon at least three golfers who will be teeing it up in the Utah Championship this week at Thanksgiving Point for not getting overly excited about competing in this particular stop on the Web.com Tour.

After all, they're playing in the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next month as golf returns to the Olympics for the first time since 1904.

Ireland's Seamus Power, Mexico's Rodolfo Cazaubon, and Cheng Tsung Pan of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) will represent their respective countries Aug. 11-14 at Reserva de Marapendi Golf Course in Brazil. First, they will test Thanksgiving Point's tricky greens and ever-present wind bursts beginning Thursday and running through Sunday.

"I am super-excited about playing in the Olympics," Pan, 24, said Tuesday after a practice round at windswept Thanksgiving Point, site of the tour's stop for the second straight year after a long run at Willow Creek Country Club in Sandy. "It has been one of my goals, and now I am achieving it, so that's pretty neat."

Power said it is a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity that he couldn't pass up. In the men's competition, 41 countries will be represented.

"I am overjoyed," he said on Thanksgiving Point's new driving range Tuesday afternoon. "I still can't believe it. Now, I just can't wait to get down there. Everything is booked and I am ready to go and get after it."

The names of the 120 men and women (60 of each gender) who will compete in Rio were ratified on Tuesday, although Power, whose first name is pronounced SHAY-mus, and Pan, who goes by the initials "C.T.," have known for a couple of weeks. Mexico's Cazaubon, who is 109th on the Web.com Tour money list, found out on Tuesday and will get in because Angelo Que of the Philippines withdrew.

Neither Power nor Pan is too concerned over the health and safety issues that have caused several high-profile professional golfers to steer away from the Games, including three of his countrymen: Graeme McDowell, Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy. In the United States, Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson have chosen not to compete, for various reasons.

Australia's Jason Day, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, also won't compete in the Games. Only 15 of the world's top 50-ranked players will tee it up in Brazil.

The USA will be represented by Bubba Watson, Match Kutchar, Patrick Reed and Rickie Fowler.

"We have paid a lot of attention [to the concerns]," Pan said." But from what we've heard from the PGA Tour and the [International Golf Federation], they say the risk is pretty low. … I definitely have some concerns, but they won't stop me from going down there and competing."

Pan said he won't attend the opening ceremonies because he is currently 18th on the Web.com Tour money list — the top 25 at season's end qualify for the PGA Tour — and can't afford to miss more than one event down the stretch.

"I'd love to [stay longer in Brazil] but I am on the bubble," he said before traveling to the Utah Olympic Park on Tuesday afternoon for some promotional photos and videos.

As for Power, he said he's eager to join fellow Irishman Padraig Harrington, who has said winning a gold medal would mean more to him than winning a fourth major title.

"I am going to the opening ceremonies, yes," Power said. "For something like that, which could be a once-in-a-lifetime thing, I want to soak in all I can."

Power said the Web.com Tour conducts six events in Latin and South America annually and "hasn't had any issues at all" with the No. 1 concern, which is the recent outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil and other South American countries. It will be winter in Rio, so mosquitoes that carry the virus will be almost nonexistent, he believes.

"It is just too huge of an opportunity to pass up," said Power, who played college golf at East Tennessee State University. "Anytime you can represent your country on a big stage, especially a stage as big as the Olympics, I feel like you have to do it."

Pan concurred. The 24-year-old played collegiately for Washington for four years and was coached by former BYU star Matt Thurmond. He played in some friendly matches against the Cougars in Utah, and also visited the state four years ago when the U.S. Amateur Public Links championship was held at Soldier Hollow.

"I definitely want to put my name up there at the Olympics, but it will be more of a week for me to enjoy every part of the Games and see how I play against some of the highest-ranked players in the world," he said.

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From Thanksgiving Point to Rio

Golfers competing in Utah Championship who will participate in Olympic Games in Rio next month:

Golfer Country Ranking * Winnings **

Seamus Power Ireland 9th $182,681

Cheng Tsung Pan Chinese Taipei 18th $123,332

Rodolfo Cazaubon Mexico 109th $25,433

* - Web.com Tour ranking **-2016