Golf

The most famous golf course in the United States, Augusta National Golf Club, told members this week it would be closing down. The chairman of the club, Fred Ridley, in his letter obtained by Golf Digest, cited the health and safety of the staff, which he called the “heartbeat” of …

A fast-moving 90-minute wave of announcements Tuesday afternoon added to the uncertain 2020 men’s pro golf schedule. Given the evolving measures taken to try to combat the coronavirus pandemic, we did not need a group of press releases to know the next few months in golf were going to look …

A planned victory lap week for PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan turned into a series of PR blunders, indecision, and an eventual cancellation of the Tour’s marquee event, The Players Championship. It started poorly with an ill-timed appearance on CNBC to announce his new massive TV rights deal as markets …

The 2020 Masters Tournament has been postponed. The event had been scheduled to take place from April 9-12 at Augusta National. However, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, tournament officials decided to delay the event without giving a new date. Statement from Chairman Ridley: “Considering the latest information and …

Update, 3/13, 10:48 a.m. ET: The Masters has officially been postponed. There’s no new date set as of yet. Augusta National closes in late spring for the summer, creating the possibility of a fall Masters. The Masters is reviewing multiple contingency plans in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, including not …

Update, March 12, 10:27 p.m. ET: Around 10 p.m. ET on Thursday night, the PGA announced that the remaining three days of the Players Championship have been canceled. The next scheduled event is the Masters, for which you can get a (relatively) cheap ticket … if you’re willing to assume …

There may be no major sports league that better avoids powerful rogue waves of negative PR better than the PGA Tour. They keep a firm grip on the narrative as a league full of class acts with “miles of first row seats” where everyone can come and Live Under Par. …

The Players Championship is golf’s biggest festival. It’s a prestigious golf championship, social gathering, family picnic, college bar, food market, tailgate, and chugging capitalistic engine spread over 400-plus acres in Florida swampland. It accommodates those who love golf, those who casually know just a little, and those who might not …

Just when you think it’s impossible for Mike Trout to be any more impressive, he does this. Mike Trout hitting rockets isn’t exclusive to the baseball field. pic.twitter.com/tuEyIzxqQ5 — Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) March 2, 2020 Trout’s drive, which happened at a TopGolf in Arizona over the weekend, is one …

Standing in the middle of a barn packed high with … stuff, I wondered how in the world you fit a lifetime of memories in what amounted to a large three-car garage. And why. Why did Arnold Palmer keep 50 years of memories, trinkets, letters, and golf clubs, strewn about …