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 13th, 2020
- Club + Resort Business: California health official visits courses, deems golf a safe activity
- GOLF Advisor: Midwest golfers and operators cope with statewide course suspensions as springtime arrives
- Golf Digest: USGA pledges $5 million in grants to help golf associations around the country
- GOLF Channel: Jack Nicklaus: Memorial tournament ‘probably’ moving to July
- The Golf Wire: ClubBuy now offering golf cart disinfectant for use against COVID-19
April 14th, 2020
- WoodTV.com Sheriff: Private golf course members can use grounds/strong>
- Bisnow: As Arizona courses thrive, investors give golf properties a closer look
- Golf.com Why one golf course is reopening – with these strict coronavirus restrictions
- Yahoo! News: ‘It can’t happen here.’ Coronavirus hits rural America
- AZFamily.com Sun City West prepares to close all its golf courses due to COVID-19
April 15th, 2020
- GOLF Channel: Jay Monahan, Mike Whan among those named to council for reopening America
- New York Post: PGA TOUR eyeing a June restart with Charles Schwab Challenge
- The Telegraph: European Tour professionals told to expect much-reduced prize funds when golf returns
- GOLF Channel: PGA of America establishes golf emergency relief fund
- MarketWatch: Chris Christie doesn’t want to hear complaints about Trump golfing while the coronavirus outbreak turned into a pandemic
- The West Side Journal: The Island Golf and Country Club closes, seeks new ownership
April 16th, 2020
- GOLF Business Solutions: A disinfectant solution for golf carts
- Golf.com: Golf Emergency Relief Fund: Who qualifies, how to apply and how much it’s worth
- El Paso Times: COVID-19 fallout: Award-winning Butterfield Trail golf course closing to save El Paso cash
- KUSI-TV: San Diego sheriff explains why golf courses must be closed for golfing amid coronavirus pandemic
- The Blade: All fore one
- Desert Sun: Coronavirus ‘Ask Me Anything’: Rep. Raul Ruiz on golf, masks, small business loans and more
- CBS Austin: Austin golf courses reopen with restrictions
April 17th, 2020
- The Journal Times: Wisconsin golf courses can reopen Friday, April 24
- ESPN: 2 European Tour golf tournaments canceled due to coronavirus
- GOLF Channel: Greenbrier event permanently removed from the PGA TOUR schedule
- KATU2-TV: Portland golfers play through coronavirus pandemic at city courses
April 18th, 2020
- StarTribune: Gov. Walz will allow Minnesota golf course to open
- CNBC: Pro golf plans to be the first major sport to return during the coronavirus pandemic
- The Eagle-Tribune (Mass.): Play golf! Local courses ready and eager to hear those words
- The Palm Beach Post: Coronavirus Florida: Boca Raton’s Bernhard Langer misses golf, ‘questioning’ why courses are closed
- TMZ: Sheep take over golf course acting as greenskeepers!
April 19th, 2020
- Newsday: Cuomo reopens marinas, many golf courses, with restrictions
- New York Post: New York golf courses can reopen with coronavirus restrictions
- Detroit News: Private clubs tell members it’s OK to play amid state’s golf shutdown
- NBC News Chicago: Pritzker undecided on whether to re-open state parks, golf courses as weather warms up
- The News & Advance (Va.): Area golf courses take precautions, see higher numbers during coronavirus pandemic
- Lexington Herald Leader: Lexington to reopen city-owned golf courses with new social distancing requirements
- WWAY-TV (N.C.): Older golf player praises lift of golf cart restriction