Malvern architect Gil Hanse, designer of the Olympic golf course in Brazil, cannot hide his disappointment at the slew of high-profile golfers who have dropped out of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, write Brian Costa and Will Connors for The Wall Street Journal.

Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy–the top four players in the world–have all dropped out of Olympic play. There has been much speculation as to whether the dropouts were due to player concerns regarding the Zika virus.

And Gil Hanse is not alone in his disappointment, as the local grounds crew shares his feelings.

“[The] staff isn’t that conversant in golf, but when they hear all the news, they think, ‘Wow, we’ve worked so hard to get this golf course in great shape and all we’re hearing about is why people aren’t coming,’” said Hanse. “The morale of the crew has taken a big hit.”

The decision to include golf as a sport for this year’s games has created a number of problems for the host country. Senior local officials opposed the course from the start. As one might imagine, many Brazilians do not play or watch golf and an expensive investment in a golf course was seen by many as another smudge on what has already been a difficult olympic year for the country.

Hanse, who spent over a year living in Rio overseeing the course’s construction, also faced numerous problems such as the developer not providing the equipment or staffing in time. This caused a delay in construction of close to nine months.

“We were just sitting there waiting to build but weren’t given the resources to do it,” Hanse said in the Wall Street Journal report.

The course’s future is still uncertain. Planners hoped the course would remain open to the public for 20 years after the Games, yet the contract for the course’s upkeep has still not been arranged.

Read more about the situation at The Wall Street Journal here.