Tiger Woods said that if golf wins reinstatement as an Olympic sport he would compete in the 2016 Games, as long as he's not retired by then.

The International Olympic Committee's executive board is scheduled to meet tomorrow in Berlin to recommend two sports for inclusion in the 2016 Games. A final vote by the full IOC would be conducted in October in Copenhagen.

Golf hasn't been an Olympic medal sport since 1904 in St. Louis and Woods said its return is long overdue. Woods, who has won 14 major championships, would be 40 years old when the 2016 Olympics are held.

"Golf is a truly global sport and it should have been in the Olympics a while ago," Woods said today during a news conference at the site of this week's PGA Championship in Chaska, Minnesota. "If it does get in, I think it would be great for golf and especially for some of the smaller countries that are now emerging in golf."

Woods, 33, has more than $89 million in career earnings on the U. S. PGA Tour, more than any other golfer. He ranks third all-time with 70 PGA Tour wins, including four each at the Masters and PGA Championship, and three apiece at the U. S. And British Opens.

When asked if he'd try to add an Olympic gold medal to his trophy case if eligible in 2016, Woods smiled and said, "If I'm not retired by then, yeah."

The IOC constitution requires a seven-year lead period for new sports, making the 2016 Games the earliest golf could become part of the program. The International Golf Federation has proposed a four-round stroke-play competition for the Olympics that would involve the top 60 golfers in both the men's and women's official rankings.

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