Live Golf News Updates for May 19
Here we will post the latest COVID-19 golf news and updates for Tuesday, May 19. (All times Eastern)
11:45 p.m. -- It will be one club only for players on the fifth hole this Sunday.
"The Match: Champions for Charity" will reportedly include a one-club challenge on the fifth hole: https://t.co/X67tj4mV4N pic.twitter.com/RxHr0R7B9R
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) May 20, 2020
9:54 p.m. -- The Akron men's golf team will be eliminated as a result of the economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Everything you’ve poured into this, it’s now gone."
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) May 20, 2020
The Akron men's golf team will be eliminated as a result budget cuts tied to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. More on the decision: https://t.co/xFZxfh9z6J pic.twitter.com/1aT9HgpA3R
7:47 p.m. -- The Memorial Tournament is appealing Ohio's ban on gatherings of 100 or more people.
Memorial Tournament director Dan Sullivan and other top tournament directors are appealing Ohio's ban on gatherings of 100 or more people: https://t.co/ZzZSR3dYTu pic.twitter.com/9WMALdVm9I
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) May 19, 2020
4:13 p.m. -- GOLF.com: Can you catch the coronavirus outside? Here's what golfers should know.
3:24 p.m. -- Golfweek: Phil Mickelson on Match II: 'I can't wait
to go to Tiger's place and take him down'.
3:02 p.m. -- Owner of Liberty National Golf Course donates $100K to Jersey City hospital in New Jersey.
2:30 p.m. -- Tiger Woods’ return to golf course adds more intrigue to The Match. For golf fans, the world will inch toward normalcy Sunday when they finally see Tiger Woods hit a golf ball. It will have been 98 days since we’ve seen his swing.
1:45 p.m. -- Most coronavirus restrictions lifted at Viburnum
Golf & Country Club in Missouri.
1:00 p.m. -- Is it responsible to play golf during a pandemic? Around the country, golfing remains one of the last links to the old
normal.
9:31 a.m. -- Golfweek: Ohio golf courses thriving in social distancing world.
9:14 a.m. -- GOLF.com: Tiger Woods’ fingerprints are all over the Match II, from the site to the broadcast crew.
8:55 a.m. -- America’s golf cart market to record sturdy growth by COVID-19 crisis from 2019 – 2026.
8:37 a.m. -- Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas reopens after coronavirus shutdown.
8:24 a.m. -- China’s Haotong Li says the disruption to the golf calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic has made him love the sport even more and he has been using the enforced break to iron out the flaws in his game.
8:05 a.m. -- Oklahoma: The 17th annual Toby Keith and Friends Golf Classic has been postponed. The event has been shifted to later in the year, Keith's publicist confirmed.
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