Rahm isn’t the only big name to visit the venue recently. Two weeks ago Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas teed it up at Winged Foot en route to Boston for the Northern Trust.
Only the top 125 players on the FedEx Cup points list after this week’s Wyndham Championship will qualify for the Playoff tournaments, which begin next week at the Northern Trust event.
The golf gods were extremely kind to Thomas, who took advantage and claimed his 13th career PGA Tour victory in Memphis, making a bit of history in the process.
It is not a query that begets a singular, clear-cut answer. However, after speaking with tour and tournament officials, players, caddies and an epidemiologist, the response also is not as ambiguous as it may seem.
Because of the 13 cancelled events, plenty of big-name golfers who thought they had time to play their way into the top 125 are now sitting on the bubble.
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.
Australian Golf Digest
