Live Golf News Updates for May 11
Here we will post the latest COVID-19 golf news and updates for Monday, May 11. (All times Eastern)
8:17 p.m. -- Carlos Ortiz is dominating the virtual golf game.
2-0 and no signs of slowing down.@CarlosOrtizGolf means business in virtual golf.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 11, 2020
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7:14 p.m. -- Those massive equipment trucks seen on Tour each week will have to adapt to new measurements when play resumes.
Here's how Tour pros and reps who service them are being forced to adapt. https://t.co/OYzp71oviM
— Golfweek (@golfweek) May 11, 2020
6:38 p.m. -- Kevin Streelman says Tour plans to charter planes for players and caddies when play resumes.
5:25 p.m. -- A look at how canceled PGA Tour events are giving back to their communities.
How canceled PGA Tour events are still giving back to their communities: https://t.co/kLs9Any8wb pic.twitter.com/kvJAc1iZRd
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) May 11, 2020
4:40 p.m. -- Golf Digest: Mayor of Oceanside, California defends golf as an essential activity.
4:00 p.m. -- Golfweek: Major changes planned for equipment makers as PGA TOUR prepares to restart.
3:00 p.m. -- A major shift in New Hampshire's coronavirus restrictions got underway Monday as some retailers, golf courses and hair salons opened for the first time in eight weeks.
2:00 p.m. -- Confusion for course which straddles English-Welsh border. Llanymynech Golf Club has 15 holes in Wales and three in England. A sign on the fourth hole reads: “Drive in Wales. Putt out in England.”
1:00 p.m. -- BBC: How will golf differ when courses reopen in England? Golf is one of sport's more traditional pursuits, but as courses in England ready themselves for resumption it will return as a somewhat different game, albeit perhaps better coordinated and with potential to grow in popularity.
11:15 a.m. -- Sky Sports: Is it right for golf courses in England to reopen?
11:00 a.m. -- Golf Digest: Down but not out: How canceled PGA TOUR events are still giving back to their communities.
10:45 a.m. -- GOLF.com: Which part of the game will the pandemic most impact? Editors debate.
8:55 a.m. -- Hail Ridge Golf Course in Boonville, Missouri was booming in March and April despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The course averaged 30-35 players per day, owner Josh Black said. The average number this year is between 50-55 golfers per day.
8:46 a.m. -- People across Victoria, Australia will be dusting off their golf clubs and searching for their waterproofs on Wednesday morning, following Premier Daniel Andrews’ decision to lift his controversial no-golf policy earlier today.
8:42 a.m. -- After COVID-19, should Chastain’s Golf Course in Atlanta remain a huge public park?
8:39 a.m. -- Huffington Post: As COVID-19 deaths near 80,000, Trump touts his private golf business.
8:34 a.m. -- GOLF.com: How the coronavirus is stopping golfers from playing all of this golf course on the Massachusetts - Rhode Island line.
8:28 a.m. -- Golf course on Massachusetts - Rhode Island line feels brunt of differing coronavirus guidelines.
8:23 a.m. -- R&A: There is no change to the current position in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and so golf courses in these countries must remain closed for now.
8:17 a.m. -- Golfweek: Carts or no carts? States differ in opinion and have different guidelines.
8:10 a.m. -- BREAKING: Golf courses in England can reopen from Wednesday subject to return-to-golf protocols laid out by the R&A.
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