Making the best of a bad situation, the PGA Tour announced that no one will lose their Tour card this year, and the best Korn Ferry Tour players will have to wait until fall 2021 for a promotion. Because of the shortened seasons caused by the coronavirus pandemic, these moves are sensible from both a […]
Along with a revised plan for eligibility for this season and next, the PGA Tour announced Thursday a number of modifications to regulations given COVID-19’s impact on schedules. The Tour still plans to hold a three-tournament postseason with standard field sizes (125 players for The Northern Trust, 70 for the BMW Championship and 30 for the Tour Championship). […]
In this episode of the 1 up podcast, Gary Williams is joined by two of the more prominent figures in college sports broadcasting, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit and Jay Bilas. They discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on sports, what a return to competition with spectator-less events would feel like and why sports have always seemed to be a […]
Scottie Scheffler finally got his first victory of 2020. It just didn’t come on the PGA Tour. The 23-year-old Tour rookie held off final-round charges from fellow rookie Viktor Hovland and Korn Ferry Tour player Will Zalatoris to win the Maridoe Samaritan Fund Invitational on Thursday at Maridoe Golf Cub in Carrollton, Texas. Zalatoris and […]
The Korn Ferry Tour’s planned restart will begin with a Florida double. In a memo sent to its members on Thursday, the tour announced the first six events of its revised continuation of the schedule, including two new events in Florida that will kick things off. The new tournaments will be played at TPC Sawgrass’ […]
Jordan Spieth had a hole-in-one in his return to competitive golf. Well, sort of. The three-time major champion was playing as an unofficial marker in Thursday’s final round of the Maridoe Samaritan Fund Invitational, a 54-hole fundraiser for the caddies at Spieth’s home club of Maridoe Golf Club, when his tee ball at the 110-yard, […]
When the LPGA returns this summer from its coronavirus break, the fourth event planned is a major championship. In fact, when the tour restarts in two-and-a-half months, two of the first six events will be majors. How will qualifying to play the Evian Championship (Aug. 6-9) and the AIG Women’s British Open (Aug. 20-23) be adjusted […]
The primary path to membership on the PGA Tour will be paused for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to multiple sources with knowledge of a new eligibility plan, there will be no relegation from the PGA Tour and only limited promotion from the Korn Ferry Tour this year as officials scramble to […]
This first-person essay from LPGA commissioner Mike Whan originally appeared on LPGA.com The most common question sports commissioners hear these days is, “When will sports be back?” I can assure you, it’s the most important question every commissioner is working hard to answer. As part of the President’s Bipartisan Council to revive the economy, […]
The Symetra Tour will restart in July with a shorter schedule but with the good news that two new events have been added to the mix. The tour announced Thursday that it will resume play at the Prasco Charity Championship July 8-10 at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio. The schedule will feature 16 events, down […]