Golftec, the golf instruction franchise business that has produced more than nine million lessons at nearly 200 worldwide locations since it was founded in 1995, knows you’re jacked up to play now that golf courses are finally opening up everywhere. But they also know the “stay home” provisions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic probably
Month: May 2020
Ever since the discontinuation of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour video game series—and the one-off Rory McIlroy PGA Tour game from 2015—golf fans have been clamoring for a high-quality console video game option. It appears that, amid this pandemic that has put the professional game on hold, our prayers have been answered. A verified Twitter
1:31 PM ET The framework of how the PGA Tour will proceed with its planned resumption of play next month is taking shape as players are being updated on how coronavirus testing and other aspects associated with tournament play will work. Although nothing is official, the tour is looking at having players self-test for the
The man who resides in fourth place in the FexEx Cup standings on the PGA Tour is the regular guy’s regular guy, a person of such unassuming disposition that he is more relatable to the weekend public golfer than the country club set, probably because he is not far removed from experiences in his career
3:10 PM ET Associated Press The European Tour is going virtual until it can resume tournaments put on hold because of the coronavirus. Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Mike Lorenzo Vera and Joost Luiten will compete from their homes in the BMW Indoor Invitational. It consists of five 18-hole rounds at some of the tour’s most
If you’re associated with the Zurich Classic, you might not want to read on. That’s because in addition to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic canceling this year’s event, it also kept the most star-studded tandem in the tournament’s history from competing. Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson will team up against Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolf in
The announcement of a potential, fan-less PGA Tour return in mid-June raised a lot of questions, one of the most-pressing among them being: will the Ryder Cup be played as scheduled and without fans? For an event known for its electric atmosphere, it would simply not be the same without its massive crowds, something top
8:05 AM ET When the PGA Tour schedule was put on pause because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tiger Woods had already been out of action for a month, with questions about his health and whether he’d even be fit to defend his Masters title. Seven weeks later, and Woods’ back issues — relatively speaking —
Most American golfers wrapped up in the drama of courses opening or not in their own regions wouldn’t know it, but all of the United Kingdom is still in a golf lockdown. There is hope that will soon change with forthcoming governmental decisions, but just as in the U.S., the COVID-19 pandemic has throttled golf
The Theragun line of massage-therapy devices have grown in popularity among athletes and weekend warriors. The handheld devices used to administer percussive therapy on targeted muscles to relieve tension, aid in recovery and prevent injury. The triangle-like devices have become a mainstay in locker rooms for elite athletes and athletic trainers, but the simple-to-use massager
9:36 AM ET A televised fundraiser for COVID-19 relief involving Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff will give fans their first live golf to watch since the sport was shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Called the TaylorMade Driving Relief, the event will be played at Seminole Golf Club
Now’s the time of the year when, typically, golf resorts around the country are gearing up for its summer boom. That schedule has been altered but not halted by the coronavirus crisis, and with a rising number of states allowing golf with some limitations, there’s some positive news to report from some of golf’s biggest
A substantial subsection of the golf canon is devoted to romanticizing Ben Hogan and his technique. And that includes his grip, which is shown in the photograph shown above for Life Magazine in 1947—before he weakened it to stop hooking and went on to dominate golf through the mid-1950s. Even with all of the changes
Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson will team up in the TaylorMade Driving Relief charity event set for May 17 at Seminole Golf Club. Not surprisingly, the formidable duo of big hitters opened as big favorites in Vegas. RELATED: Don’t worry, Rory McIlroy is still really good at golf Westgate Las Vegas Superbook golf oddsmaker Jeff
Shane Lowry will have to wait until 2021 for the opportunity to defend his British Open title due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. And from the looks of it, he might need all that time to get his short game back on track. RELATED: Shane Lowry’s grandma gave the greatest interview in golf history The
3:20 PM ET Chief medical officers from major sports leagues participated in a call Tuesday with Seema Verma, who is a member of the White House coronavirus task force and administrator for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services. The call, according to a White House official, was to go over how sports plays a
Time is a blur as our lives are on pause in many ways amidst COVID-19. Though the PGA Tour season might not often be front of mind for most of us, golf fans who hear that eight weeks have passed since the Players Championship was canceled could reasonably feel as if that happened both a
For fans hoping the return of the competitive golf in 2020 remains as (re-)scheduled, a morsel of good news appeared on Saturday in the form of this 27-word tweet. https://twitter.com/TPCHardingPark/status/1256660144449937408 That the San Francisco course set to host the 2020 PGA Championship, which was to be held May 14-17 before the coronavirus pandemic forced a