A resource for real-time updates about golf industry news and information related to COVID-19. With over 9,000 golf course partners worldwide, we aim to keep you informed as we move through these challenging times, together.
HEADLINES FROM THIS PAST WEEK:
April 6th, 2020
- Agence France-Presse: With ‘no competition,’ golfers play the waiting game
- GOLF Channel: Report: PGA Championship to be rescheduled for August
- Golfweek: Coronavirus: When could competitive golf return?
- GOLF Channel: Hour-by-hour TV coverage for ‘Masters Tournament week’
April 7th, 2020
- Forbes: Golf in a time of coronavirus
- GOLF Channel: Majors get fall overhaul, with Masters, PGA and U.S. Open rescheduled in 2020
- GOLF Channel: NBC News Medical Correspondent Dr. John Torres talks with GOLF Channel’s Gary Williams about professional and recreational golf
- Mlive: Ann Arbor golf courses asks golfers to show off their swings for social media contest
- News 10 Philadelphia: Golfing during the pandemic is not allowed in Pa., NJ. Some golfers aren’t listening
- GOLF Channel: R&A cancels Open, will return to Royal St. George’s in 2021
- Golf Coast Magazine: David Leadbetter’s search for new ‘stay at home’ golf coaches
- Associated Press: AP was there: Snead tops Hogan in playoff to win ’54 Masters
April 8th, 2020
- Golf Course Industry: When the show doesn’t come to town
- Golf + Resort Business: Labor Department publishes new OSHA posters to reduce workplace exposure to coronavirus
- GOLF Advisor: Careless golfers confronted by police at golf courses during the coronavirus epidemic
- Golf News Net: Texas governor Abbott clarifies if golf courses can remain open or must close after a week
- Boston.com: Golf courses in Massachusetts are closed, but behind the scenes, organizers want to safely change that
April 9th, 2020
- KTVN-TV (Reno, Nev.): Gov. Sisolak (Nev.) announces new COVID-19 directives: golf courses to close
- ClickonDetroit: Defenders cameras catch video of golfers at Commerce Township country club despite stay-at-home order
- StarTribune: Still-closed Minnesota golf courses take hope from state approval to mow grass
- Goldsboro (NC) Daily News: Suspect accused of breaking into golf pro shop
- New Castle News (Pa.): City hopes to recoup money lost with golf course closure
April 10th, 2020
- New York Post: No more golfing in New York during coronavirus pandemic
- Associated Press: No good walks spoiled as golf courses shuttered (Nevada
- Golf.com: Should golf courses stay open during the coronavirus pandemic? Your age might determine your opinion
- Dallas Morning News: Despite being declared non-essential, Texas golf courses are doing their own thing during the pandemic
April 11th, 2020
- New York Post: No more golfing in New York during coronavirus pandemic
- Associated Press: No good walks spoiled as golf courses shuttered (Nevada
- Golf.com: Should golf courses stay open during the coronavirus pandemic? Your age might determine your opinion
- Dallas Morning News: Despite being declared non-essential, Texas golf courses are doing their own thing during the pandemic
April 12th, 2020
- New York Post: No more golfing in New York during coronavirus pandemic
- Associated Press: No good walks spoiled as golf courses shuttered (Nevada
- Golf.com: Should golf courses stay open during the coronavirus pandemic? Your age might determine your opinion
- Dallas Morning News: Despite being declared non-essential, Texas golf courses are doing their own thing during the pandemic