McIlroy Produces An ‘Uneventful’ Two-Under In Unprecedented Tour Restart.
There were around a dozen people about when Rory McIlroy walked onto the first tee on day one of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Fort Worth in Texas.
It had been 91-days since McIlroy and his PGA Tour colleagues had completed just one round of the Players Championship when they each received a late evening text to say the Tour’s flagship had been cancelled.
Never before since taking up the game of golf had McIlroy had such an absence from the fairways and like all he did his best to deal with the ...
Varner Provides A Stirring First Round Co-Leading Script Amid On-Going U.S. Unrest.
After going public with his reaction to the upsetting riots and unrest in his native U.S. who would have thought Harold Varner 111 would be sharing the lead on day one of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.
Varner had used his Twitter account in calling for social justice and unity following the slaying on May 25th of fellow black man George Floyd in a suburban Minneapolis street.
Varner’s extremely heartfelt comments, and also those of Tiger Woods, clearly touched a PGA Tour ...
Tour Shock With One Player & Three Caddies Testing Positive For Coronavirus.
Shock news for the PGA Tour with one player and three caddies on the secondary Korn Ferry Tour testing positive for the Coronavirus at TPC Sawgrass in Florida.
The PGA Tour revealed it administered 1,559 tests — at home and at tournament sites — for the PGA Tour event in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Korn Ferry Tour event at Tour HQ in Ponte Vedra Beach.
The positive results were from saliva tests and were done at home. The tour recommended — but did not require — that ...
Players United In PGA Tour’s 8.46am Honour To Slain George Floyd.
There is a significance that the PGA Tour has chosen 8.46am Texas time on day one of the Charles Schwab Challenge for a minute’s silence in the memory of slain George Floyd.
Eight minutes and 46 seconds was the time that a now former Minneapolis police officer, and now facing a second degree manslaughter charge, shocked the world in laying his knee across the neck of Floyd.
Video footage of the killing of George immediately sparked worldwide protests, riots and unrest.
In very stark contrast, ...
McIlroy Sees Similarities To Current World Unrest In Growing-Up In The Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’.
Rory McIlroy admits growing-up amid in the later stages of ‘The Troubles’ in his native Northern Ireland has afforded him a good understanding of the current world unrest following the slaying of black American George Floyd.
McIlroy has returned to competition after a three-month Coronavirus PGA Tour lockdown but the overall excitement of golf leading a way forward has been very much tempered by the events of May 25th when Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street.
Floyd’s death is to ...
After A 91-Day Absence McIlroy Leads PGA Tour Return At Fort Worth.
It has been 91 days since World No. 1 Rory McIlroy birdied his closing three holes on day one in defence of his Players Championship.
It was around 9pm local time later that day on Thursday 12th March when McIlroy received a PGA Tour ‘group’ text message to advise the flagship Tour event was cancelled due to fears over the growing Coronavirus concern.
In the intervening time McIlroy has also seen the cancellation of his defence of the RBC Canadian Open while the 149th Open Championship, and with ...
Selection Criteria Changed For 2020 Ryder Cup – Stricker To Have Six Captain’s Picks.
USA Ryder Cup captain, Steve Stricker will now have six ‘captain’ picks for this year’s Ryder Cup.
That’s an increase of two ‘picks’ and brought about as a result of the cancellation of 11 events on the PGA Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The PGA of America and Stricker jointly announced revised selection criteria for the U.S. Team in advance of the 2020 Ryder Cup, which is scheduled to be played September 22-27 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.
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