The appointment of the American at the newly constructed Olympic course in Barra de Tijuca was announced on the eve of the sport's test event, due to take place tomorrow. 

The Aquece Rio Golf Challenge, an exhibition strokeplay format tournament which will be a one-day event, will feature five men and four women, all from Brazil. 

All of world's top players turned down the opportunity to take part in the event because of their busy schedules. 

The event will be closed to the public as Brazilian organisers focus on testing operations at the new venue, set to host the first Olympic golf tournament since St Louis in 1904. 

The event tomorrow will be run by 55 Rio 2016 staff and 111 volunteers.

Condron left the USOC in 2011 following a 28-year career during which he was involved in 15 Olympic Games.

Since then he has worked as a consultant for several organisations, both in the US and internationally, including United World Wrestling, helping oversee their campaign to ensure they remained on the Olympic programme after Rio 2016. 

Condron has also done work for the United States Golf Association (USGA), continuing a lifetime involvement in the sport. 

"I've spent my life in golf beginning as a 14-year-old greens mower at a par three course in Waco, Texas," he wrote on his Facebook page. 

"My dad couldn't afford any experienced help so I raked the worm holes and the early morning dew off the greens with a cane fishing pole and mowed nine greens a day.

"At night I drove an old Ford tractor and picked up balls on our driving range before the folks in the neighbourhood beat us to it.

"I also helped build Lake Waco's new golf course then split to California to eventually end up as assistant to the pro at Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course adjacent to a brand new University of California at Irvine.

"I used to see cowboys brand calves at the Irvine Ranch corral just next to our A-Frame clubhouse.

"In between I played a bit of golf for West Texas State University and learned to hit a low draw into the wind on virtually every shot.

"I've been lucky enough to have been on the staffs of the Byron Nelson Tournament in Dallas and The International at Castle Pines, Colorado for a combined 17 years.

"I work for the USGA in the men's US Opens and have been involved in a Women's Open and US Amateur.

"And I once drove Payne Stewart to the Southwest Conference Championships when I was sports information director at SMU (Southern Methodist University) where he and Fred Couples tied for the individual title.

"I've seen holes in one and out of bound shanks. I once sunk an 80-foot putt to keep my roommate from losing his 1952 Pontiac.

"So golf is in my blood.

"More than that it's in my soul."