Month: June 2020

5:29 PM ET PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that extra testing and stricter monitoring of protocols that could result in “serious repercussions” for offenders will go into effect in the wake of three positive COVID-19 tests this week at the Travelers Championship. Monahan said across both the PGA Tour and the developmental Korn

CROMWELL, Conn. — Brooks Koepka is planning to withdraw from the Travelers Championship, according to a Golfweek report, after his caddie Ricky Elliott tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, multiple sources tell Golf Digest that an announcement of other positives tests will come this afternoon. The PGA Tour has scheduled a 2 p.m. press conference with

3:59 PM ET The common refrain from PGA Tour players is that it has been an adjustment not having fans on site at events during the first two stops since golf’s return after a three-month shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. “It doesn’t feel normal at all,” Brooks Koepka said. Jordan Spieth, though, thinks there

There’s an old saying, particularly appropriate in these times, that proclaims “be the change you want to see.” Mike McCartin and Will Smith, golf course shapers and designers turned public golf advocates, have done exactly that by taking the fate of three of their hometown’s historic old courses into their own hands—with some significant help