2:00 PM ET Six weeks into its return to golf, the PGA Tour is reporting that it has had nine positive coronavirus cases among the players and caddies tested each week. This week, one caddie tested positive at the Memorial Tournament, according to the tour, but the person was not named. So far, six players
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2:34 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — The LPGA Tour will not have spectators for the opening two events in Ohio when it resumes in two weeks. Commissioner Mike Whan had said the Marathon Classic was contemplating capping attendance at 2,000 fans at Highland Meadows for the Aug. 6-9 event. The tournament, however, said
1:53 PM ET The PGA Tour is moving closer to having NBA star Steph Curry associated with a fall event starting in 2021. Plans have been in the works for two years for Curry to host a tournament in Northern California, and the San Francisco Chronicle reported that an amended contract between the city of
3:53 PM ET Tiger Woods hasn’t been this big of a long shot at the Memorial Tournament-an event he’s won five times–in a long time, and bettors can’t get enough of him. Woods is set to return to the PGA Tour this week after a five-month layoff initially caused by a stiff back and extended
4:45 PM ET PGA commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that he’s hopeful of having at least some spectators in attendance during tour events before the end of 2020. “I mean, we’re doing everything we can to be prepared to have fans at our tournaments certainly in the final quarter of the year post-Tour Championship,” Monahan
12:39 PM ET David Gordon Bryson DeChambeau‘s radical transformation of his body and game has been one of the most polarizing issues of the summer. Just how crazy has DeChambeau been off the tee? Consider that over the five PGA Tour events since the three-month coronavirus shutdown, DeChambeau has hit 29 drives at least 350
9:12 AM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Golf organizers fixed an oversight Wednesday by agreeing to move the pandemic-postponed Curtis Cup so that it doesn’t conflict with the Solheim Cup. The Curtis Cup was to be held this year at Conwy Golf Club in Wales until the coronavirus pandemic led to a series
8:34 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders PGA Tour golf is back in full swing, albeit without the crowds we’re accustomed to. Collin Morikawa outlasted Justin Thomas in a playoff for his first PGA Tour win last weekend at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. None of our experts had Morikawa for the win, but
7:23 AM ET This week’s Memorial Tournament marks the sixth week since the PGA Tour’s re-entry following the COVID-19 shutdown. Despite several positive tests and a few protocol modifications, the return of golf has been largely successful. Each tournament has been played as scheduled and both the at-home and on-site testing and screening measures have
6:36 PM ET This is the 45th year of the Memorial Tournament, and host Jack Nicklaus has made a tradition of waiting behind the 18th green to congratulate the winner with a hearty handshake. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Nicklaus said Tuesday that he will not be changing anything. “I’m going to shake their hand. I