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9:43 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Rory McIlroy awoke early Friday morning ready to go through his routine to prepare for the second round of the Players Championship. With a scheduled 8:46 a.m. tee time, he had gone to bed early Thursday evening – and missed the text from the PGA Tour that

On the day the sports world stopped, golf walked on. Less than 10 hours after the NBA halted its season and 12 hours following the NCAA’s announcement to host its March Madness fan-free due to coronavirus concerns, players went off the first and 10th tees Thursday morning at TPC Sawgrass. The PGA Tour decided, a

1:12 PM ET Augusta National announced on Friday that it is postponing the Masters because of the coronavirus pandemic, likely meaning the tournament will be played outside of its traditional April time slot for the first time since before World War II. The announcement came a day after the PGA Tour announced The Players Championship

Concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 virus have caused the cancellation or postponement of sporting events throughout the world. Domestic sports leagues such as the NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS and ATP Tour, along with the NCAA, have all shut down competition for the foreseeable future in an effort to help slow down the spread

The 2020 edition of the Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s flagship event, had seemingly everything going for it. A fantastic weather forecast in the Jacksonville area, a record-breaking purse and even a ground-breaking media effort to show every shot from every golfer live. Instead, golf fans wound up seeing more of the tour’s commissioner, Jay

10:04 AM ET The Masters, golf’s first major tournament of the year, has been postponed due to fears of the coronavirus. The Masters was scheduled to be played April 9-12 and becomes the fifth straight tournament on the PGA Tour schedule to be put off due to the global pandemic. Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The PGA Tour announced on Thursday night that it has canceled the remainder of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass and that it has also canceled all tour events through the Valero Texas Open in three weeks due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was made after Commissioner Jay Monahan

10:17 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The PGA Tour decided Thursday night to scrap the rest of The Players Championship and shut down its other tournaments for the next three weeks. Commissioner Jay Monahan had said earlier Thursday there would be no fans at the TPC Sawgrass for the final three

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Jason Day said on Thursday that he received an epidural shot and underwent a rhizotomy over the weekend for his ailing back. The latter is a non-invasive procedure in which a large needle is used to burn nerve endings to relieve pressure on his low back. The 32-year-old Aussie, who shot

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — While other professional sports leagues and the NCAA have quickly moved to cancel events due to the coronavirus, the show apparently will go on at the Players Championship. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan made the announcement on Thursday afternoon at TPC Sawgrass, the only stipulation being that the tour’s flagship event

8:38 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship began as scheduled Thursday morning, with an autograph ban in place. The PGA Tour said it continues to monitor the coronavirus outbreak and plans to deliver another update by noon ET. For now, spectators are allowed at the TPC Sawgrass, although it was a

PONTE VEDRA BEACH – Despite the growing concern and continued spreading of the COVID-19 virus, the Players Championship will be played as scheduled, with spectators allowed to attend, on Thursday at TPC Sawgrass, the PGA Tour said in a statement late Wednesday night. It also said that fans wishing to no longer attend the event

5:43 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods will go into the World Golf Hall of Fame next year, voted on Wednesday by a selection committee that chose from 10 finalists. Woods, 44, is eligible for the 2021 induction after rules were changed earlier this year to reduce the minimum age from 50

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Aside from actually winning their bet, there is just one thing all degenerate gamblers wants: That whatever (or whoever) they wagered on cares as much about their wager as they do. The more you bet, the more you realize, however, that the odds of players and coaches giving a damn about

Patrick Reed insists hecklers outside the ropes at PGA Tour events don’t bother him. But at this week’s Players Championship, he’s already worried about taking a little verbal abuse from someone inside the ropes. On the eve of the PGA Tour’s flagship event, caddies get their crack at TPC Sawgrass’ famed 17th hole as part

8:37 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Golf’s unofficial fifth major — The Players Championship — begins Thursday at the historic TPC Sawgrass course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Our experts — ESPN’s Anita Marks and Chris “The Bear” Fallica, Stats & Info’s David Gordon and deputy editor David Bearman — are here to give their

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The tweet began circulating in late February, and as a Peloton junkie, I was fascinated: https://twitter.com/OutsideTheCut/status/1229784542057259008 The idea of 955 kilojoules of total output for a 45-minute ride astounded me. A little less than a year ago, at peak fitness just prior to knee surgery, I had the ride of my

2:05 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Tuesday that the Tour has no plans to cancel upcoming events because of the coronavirus outbreak, including the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas, in two weeks. There were concerns that the match play tournament scheduled to be played at