Golf in the Olympics

Thie IOC is sending it out to member countries for review.  The group on the Golf Channel is pretty high on this, with a couple of grumblers - “golf is not a sport” was the complaint.  I’m in favor, but I’m also old school:  this needs to be amateurs, not pros.  That would level the playing field a little bit and let some golfers from smaller countries actually have a chance…any comments?