The Biggest Victim Of The 2016 Schedule Mess?

Reading and considering the information presented in Jim McCabe's exclusive on how the 2016 schedule mess will shake out a year from now when the Olympics are added to the calendar, it looks like the world's best will have to skip a key event.

While McCabe notes the politics involved for the John Deere Classic and Travelers Championship--two events with strong sponsors and long term agreements--it sure looks to me like the WGC Bridgestone is ripe for a mass defection from elite players and those with heavily stamped passports.

The 2016 breakdown from McCabe at Golfweek.com:

Thus will the summer of 2016 flow this way with the PGA Tour schedule:
    •    June 2-5: The Memorial
    •    June 9-12: FedEx St. Jude Classic
    •    June 16-19: U.S. Open (Oakmont)
    •    June 23-26: Quicken Loans National
    •    June 30-July 3: WGC Bridgestone Invitational
    •    July 7-10: Greenbrier Classic
    •    July 14-17: British Open (Royal Troon)
    •    July 21-24: RBC Canadian Open
    •    July 28-31: PGA Championship (Baltusrol)
    •    Aug. 4-7: Travelers Championship
    •    Aug. 11-14: Olympic Golf
    •    Aug. 11-14: John Deere Classic
    •    Aug. 18-21: Wyndham Championship

McCabe argues that the Travelers and Deere, who have settled well into their potentially cumbersome dates, would suffer in this scenario. But I think it's harder to imagine anyone in the world of golf wanting to go to Akron ten days after the U.S. Open and 11 days before The Open, even though the event's primary perk is easy cash and easier world ranking points.

This issue will be avoided in 2020 (to an extent) when the PGA Championship is not played in its traditional date. Though all of this would be moot if the playoffs weren't in a hurry to be played before football season.