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 20th, 2020
- Miami Herald: Miami-Dade beaches won’t be reopening soon. Next up: return to parks, golf and boats
- Daily Herald: Some Illinois golf officials say it’s time to open golf courses
- Golf.com: Tour Confidential: Will the PGA TOUR *actually* resume in June?
- The Guardian: PGA TOUR could use 1M COVID-19 test kits to complete season
- Times-Call (Colorado): Longmont considers reopening city golf courses during coronavirus pandemic
April 21st, 2020
- GOLF Business Solutions: Surveyed course operators say they’re trying to cope
- Newsday: Private, publicly accessible golf courses beginning to reopen
- NJ.com: Ease coronavirus restrictions and reopen N.J.’s golf courses, republican lawmakers ask Murphy
- Desert Sun: Riverside County golf courses can reopen with restrictions; Palm Springs courses closed through Thursday
- Chicago Tribune: Column: Every boarder state is allowing golf, so why not Illinois?
- Fox31 Denver: City of Denver golf courses to open on Wednesday
- KSAT-TV: All 8 municipal golf courses in San Antonio set to reopen
- Citizen Times: Asheville municipal golf courses to reopen again with coronavirus-related restrictions
April 22nd, 2020
- Los Angeles Times: O.C. clears the way for golf courses to open amid coronavirus pandemic
- The Press-Enterprise: Riverside County golf courses start reopening as eager players return after coronavirus closures
- NJ.com: Coronavirus golf revenue losses force N.J. county to cancel all summer activities at its parks
- The Philadelphia Inquirer: Golfers hope actions by other states might mean the sport’s return is closer in Pa. and N.J.
- Lansing State Journal: AG’s office reiterates golf ban after golfers play on closed Country Club of Lansing course
- Statesman Journal: Golf courses still open in Oregon amid coronavirus, outlawed in Washington, California
April 23rd, 2020
- Travel Weekly: Golf resorts optimistic about quick return to greens
- The Daily Tribune News (Ga.): Local golf courses see varying impacts from coronavirus
- TODAY.com Video: Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Phil Mickelson will play golf for charity
- GOLF Channel: NCAA mulling temporary relief waiver, which could mean cutting D-I golf programs
- NBC Bay Area: Napa County eases virus restrictions for golf courses, construction
- Burlington Free Press: A flatter curve doesn’t mean earlier tee times for Vermont golfers
April 24th, 2020
- WGN: Illinois golf courses get green light to reopen May 1st
- GOLF Advisor: Some California counties are cautiously reopening golf courses
- Morning Read: With creativity and innovation, golf courses could thrive after coronavirus
- PGATOUR.com: Walking makes a comeback in golf
- Morning Journal: Business as usual for Ohio golf courses
- The Aspen Times: Aspen golf course eyes opening once COVID-19 protocols are in place
April 25th, 2020
- Detroit News: Michigan re-opens golf industry, for walking only
- Golf Oklahoma: Tulsa courses to reopen May 1, most other expected to follow suit
- The New York Times: Guerrilla golfers sneak onto greens closed by pandemic
- Green Bay Press Gazette: Golf returns to the Green Bay area: ‘It’s 43 degrees and we are packed’
- Newsday: LI’s state golf courses will reopen Monday with restrictions
- Des Moines Register: Iowa’s golf courses became a haven for out-of-state players during coronavirus pandemic
April 26th, 2020
- The Island Packet: Golf courses, considered lifeblood to Hilton Head, furlough hundreds due to coronavirus
- The Morning Call: Lehigh Valley golf course operators – and golfers – wait nervously on an uncertain future
- Forbes: Golf sticks to social media though COVID-19 may say nay on play
- The Telegraph: Like everything else, golf will have to wait
- KRON-TV: Golf courses allowed to operate in Napa County
- NJ.com: Murphy says state parks, golf courses to stay closed even as Jersey City reopening some parks