As one of the first professional sports to resume play, golf has an opportunity to set an example about how sports can return to some form of responsible competition and entertainment.
Players on site will be asked to pause for reflection as a demonstration of support for the tour’s commitment to addressing racial and social injustices.
Televising golf tournaments will be even more complicated and more expensive when CBS Sports begins airing them again this week as the PGA Tour resumes its 2020 season at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
The resumption of the PGA Tour’s season is still two weeks away, but players are already being reminded of steps they’ll need to take and the new normal in a COVID-19 world.
Spieth enters this week’s Fort Worth Invitational ranked 190th on the US PGA Tour in strokes gained/putting, losing an average of .471 strokes per round to the field on the green this season.
Unfortunately for Thomas, his first run as No.1 could last as little as two weeks, and there’s nothing he can do but sit back and watch during a two-week break from the tour.
Australian Golf Digest
