George Jarjour
If there is a sport that is likely to come back before any sport it has to be golf right? Social distancing is super easy in golf with players literally having zero physical contact with each other. Fans? No need. It’s the one sport that I think not having fans would not change the TV experience. So golf is trying to sort out some sort of schedule for the year with the Coronavirus taking over the sports and real world and today they announced a tentative schedule for the rest of the year:
BREAKING: As @GolfDigest reported last week, British Open is canceled, formally expected today. Other announcements:
Tour will begin mid June, with no fans, at Memorial
PGA Champ Aug 6; Ryder Cup Sept 25
US Open Sept 17
Masters to Nov— Joel Beall (@JoelMBeall) April 6, 2020
Statement from Chairman Ridley:
"We have identified Nov 9-15 as the intended dates to host the 2020 Masters. We hope the anticipation of staging the Tournament brings a moment of joy to the Augusta community and those who love the game."
Full details at https://t.co/rSr9YUhCX2 pic.twitter.com/1lVmbq8jzJ
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 6, 2020
U.S. Open: Sept. 17-20
The Open: Canceled
PGA: Aug. 6-9
Ryder Cup: Still Sept. 25-27
Masters: Nov 12-15
PGA Tour: FedEx playoffs pushed back one week pic.twitter.com/16lFK0Mu0X— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelTAN) April 6, 2020
The Masters in November?! Look, it’s a cool thought and I’d love to see the Masters anytime of the year and two Masters in a 5 month span. But, if the NFL is going on at the same time (this is assuming the NFL plays this season), there won’t be a huge amount of people ready to turn off football to watch golf unless Tiger is in contention. In general though this is good news that at least we are discussing some sort of schedule coming up here in the future.
