8:00 AM ET ESPN staff The sudden disappearance of sports will erase at least $12 billion in revenue and hundreds of thousands of jobs, an economic catastrophe that will more than double if the college football and NFL schedules are wiped out this fall by the coronavirus pandemic, an analysis conducted for ESPN shows. The
Month: May 2020
As if there weren’t enough methods of torture in golf, self-inflicted and otherwise, there’s a new source of frustration in the age of the coronavirus, accompanied by a catchy little term for it: foamed. Usage: “I hit a great putt on the 14th hole today, but got foamed!” Mike Brown laughs about it. He is
9:53 AM ET ESPN News Services The LPGA is targeting mid-July for the restart of its 2020 season, while the Women’s PGA Championship has been rescheduled for Oct. 6-11. The LPGA announced its plan Wednesday amid a series of updates to its schedule, emphasizing that it is preparing for “a safe and responsible return to
The PGA Tour’s return to play beginning with the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth June 11-14 brings a number of logistical challenges. For gearheads, one question that had yet to be answered was whether or not the omnipresent tour vans would be allowed on site to cater to the players’ equipment needs at Colonial
MIAMI — The text arrived on Tuesday afternoon: “I got Alonzo Mourning with me on Thursday,” it said. “10:30 tee time. It’ll be fun.” Of course I was in, though not because of the star power of a group that included a basketball Hall-of-Famer as well as the 2014 U.S. Open runner-up, Erik Compton, the
A single great feature, or even a merely interesting one, can enshrine a golf course with character. Pebble Beach and Cypress Point show off a rocky coastline like few others, but the endowment doesn’t have to be that grand. Character can come from lesser features, like a sand ridge (Seminole), a snaky tributary (Augusta) or
3:40 PM ET The PGA Tour Champions announced a series of changes to its schedule Wednesday as professional golf continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Among them: the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, New York, set for Aug. 10-16, has been canceled. In its place, the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship in Akron, Ohio,
For a few days this week, Scott Stallings became the face of the point-missing professional athlete when he was quoted saying PGA Tour players wouldn’t return to competition if new social distancing restrictions prevented the raking of bunkers in competition. Roasted on social media, including through “some absolutely brutal” direct messages, Stallings said he was
9:55 PM ET Associated Press MALENY, Australia — Adam Scott‘s “Nine holes with a mate” was authentic, if nothing else. With the PGA Tour suspended and sports generally shuttered globally because of the coronavirus pandemic, Scott is back in Australia and looking for ways to keep golf fans engaged. The 2013 Masters Champion livestreamed nine
After eight weeks off due to the COVID-19 pandemic and with another six weeks until tournaments are scheduled to resume, many PGA Tour pros are eager to compete once more. That’s not to say, however, they’re willing to resume the 2019-’20 season without certain safety measures in place. And, at least for a majority of
If you struggle to hit a good tee ball, you’re not alone. I’ve found that many times the easiest way to get a player to learn a skill or correct a mistake is to have them overemphasize the movement needed to execute the task—or even do the opposite of what they’re doing, so they can
If you’re ready to return to golf after the effects of the Covid-19 shutdown, rest assured that your courses are ready for your return, too. Key to their preparations is an operations playbook put together for courses and clubs by golf’s leading organizations, led by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and the National
10:29 PM ET The coronavirus pandemic has forced golf courses to get creative in order to stay open and safe. Jordan Spieth became a high-profile victim of the rules in place at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas, on Thursday when he had his tee shot fly into the cup for an apparent ace, only
The PGA Tour announced on Thursday it will extend its exempt player membership into next season, meaning there will be no relegation or loss of status to tour pros falling outside the FedEx Cup top 125 at the end of the 2019-’20 campaign. The decision for no one to lose their PGA Tour cards for
5:33 PM ET The PGA Tour is putting on hold its qualification criteria for eligibility, meaning that golfers who are exempt this season and fall outside of the top 125 FedEx Cup points earners will not lose their spot in the 2020-21 season. The move was made in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has
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