2:48 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDEN, Fla. — Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker has asked two-time U.S. captain Davis Love III and Zach Johnson to be his assistants for the upcoming matches at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. Stricker previously appointed the last captain, Jim Furyk, to be one of his assistants. The Ryder
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7:42 AM ET The PGA Tour’s planned return to action after the coronavirus pandemic shut down sports is now a month away, and decisions are looming. Sometime this week, an announcement is expected concerning the status of the first event scheduled as part of the restart – including if it will even be played. And
5:14 PM ET The PGA Tour’s first rescheduled tournament is now a month away, and the mayor of the city that is set to host a spectator-less event is confident the long-time Colonial Country Club tourney will proceed with the proper safety measures in place. Betsy Price, the mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, told ESPN
6:10 PM ET Augusta National has made a sizable donation to a local food bank that includes 50,000 bags of potato chips that would have been sold at the postponed Masters Tournament. According to the Augusta Chronicle, the club donated approximately 2,000 pounds of produce, bread and dairy items along with the potato chips to
9:03 PM ET After learning Vijay Singh‘s name was on the list of participants for the Korn Ferry Challenge, a Korn Ferry tournament set to reopen the tour on June 11, golfer Brady Schnell took to Twitter to express his opinion. Singh has won three major championships and over $70 million on the PGA Tour,
2:02 PM ET A $10 million donation to coronavirus relief efforts is part of the plan unveiled Thursday for the “The Match: Champions for Charity,” to be played May 24 at the Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida. Turner Sports made the announcement of the donation that will accompany the previously announced extension of
11:38 AM ET Two more international golf tournaments for amateurs have been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Golf Federation says the World Amateur Team Championships for men and women — scheduled over two weeks in October in Singapore — have been scratched. The tournament dates to 1958. It was moved in February
11:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN LPGA Tour star Michelle Wie West, who has been out since last June with a wrist injury and is expecting her first child this summer, said she could return to competitive golf later this year. The rescheduled U.S. Women’s Open has given Wie West, 30, something to shoot for. Originally
8:18 AM ET Rory McIlroy posted a video of himself hitting golf balls on Instagram with the caption that said it was the first time in seven weeks he had practiced since the coronavirus pandemic shut down golf. Shane Lowry posted a video chunking a short shot into a bunker exclaiming that’s what happens when
3:10 PM ET Associated Press The European Tour is going virtual until it can resume tournaments put on hold because of the coronavirus. Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Mike Lorenzo Vera and Joost Luiten will compete from their homes in the BMW Indoor Invitational. It consists of five 18-hole rounds at some of the tour’s most