PGA Tour to advance schedule; June 11 set as tee-off date

The PGA Tour is expected to shortly announce an earlier than expected return to tournament play post-Covid with the first event likely to be held as early as in June.
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The PGA Tour is expected to shortly announce an earlier than expected return to tournament play post-Covid with the first event likely to be held as early as in June.
His golf may be on hold for now, but Anirban Lahiri is making the most of his time away from his profession, and its related grind and routines.
California-based teenager Anika Varma has been in the thick of golfing action in America these past few weeks.
Golfers across India are seeking to do their bit during the Corona-virus lockdown that has stretched past a fortnight and counting.
It is difficult to spot any sort of a horizon with the corona-virus wreaking havoc across the globe, but there is a world out there holding its breath. For one, the Ryder Cup is on.
Nine months ago, a July Sunday witnessed some of the finest sporting action across different fields at almost the same time – at the Mecca of cricket, at the spiritual home of tennis and in the birthplace of golf..
The day when golfers across India can venture back out on to courses is some distance away, but there are faint glimmerings of hope from the neighbourhood, if not the rest of the world.
When things dear to you do get taken away, the pangs are hard to bear. So it has been for golfers in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
I am a golf course. Like thousands of my sisters across the world, I have been deserted, basically left alone for some time now.
The postponed Olympic Games, caused by the still-spreading Corona-virus pandemic, has given 15-time major winner Tiger Woods an unexpected window of opportunity to seek qualification for Tokyo.
The ever-spreading pall cast by the Covid-19 virus enveloped the the Olympics with news that the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games will now be held next year.
Well, it’s now official. Corona-virus has ensured large parts of the country have been sealed off with immediate effect in an effort to halt the ever-growing spread of the pandemic.
Covid-19 continues to not just throttle daily life around the world but also add steadily to the mortality count, making it the most existential threat many of us have ever faced.
Restrictions are in place across almost every golf course, as much in India as around the world in the wake of the ever-growing spread of COVID-19, the Corona-virus.
While it an increasingly serious situation, the spreading corona-virus pandemic is not only spreading humour, but also cutting into golf schedules.
Aadil Bedi needed his best to halt the Udayan Mane juggernaut for his maiden title at the Bengal Open in Kolkata on Sunday.
Udayan Mane stayed on course for a record fourth straight title as he shared the lead with teenager Aadil Bedi after round three of the Bengal Open.
Gursimar Badwal ended a 14-month title drought in the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Classic Golf & Country Club on Friday.
Udayan Mane is in the form of his life and on Friday, chalked up his 14th straight sub-70 round to join a four-way tie for the Bengal Open lead.
The ever-growing threat posed by the Corona-virus pandemic threatens to put golf worldwide on hold as it has done with other sports.
Digvijay Singh made an impressive return to competitive golf with a sizzling 8-under-par 62 on day one of the Bengal Open at the Tollygunge Club on Thursday.
Chandigarh-based amateur Hunar Mittal led the field in the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour’s event at the Classic course on Wednesday.
The worsening situation across the globe caused by the Corona-virus threat has forced postponement of the Hero Indian Open 2020.
Here’s wishing you all sweet swinging, destructive driving, incredible iron-play and precise putting all year long this Holi.
There is something special about golfing in the fog as 56 intrepid players discovered at the Hindan golf course on Sunday..