Live Golf News Updates for May 22
Here we will post the latest COVID-19 golf news and updates for Friday, May 22. (All times Eastern)
6:17 p.m. -- Foursomes are allowed everywhere in Washington except for Seattle: Here's why.
4:49 p.m. -- The first two Symetra Tour events on the revised schedule have been postponed to 2021.
The Symetra Tour announced Thursday that the first two events in its revised schedule have been canceled; both will return in 2021. https://t.co/jgTiKYrkBs pic.twitter.com/9CGj4SzVwK
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) May 22, 2020
3:58 p.m. -- AJGA has an ambitious schedule in place for the remainder of the summer.
The revised tournament schedule features seven events per week in the summer with the most robust fall competition in our more than 40-year history.
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) May 20, 2020
New operational guidelines are also outlined in the release.
3:13 p.m. -- Mickelson and Brady play practice round at Medalist alongside Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay.
Practice round. ✔@PhilMickelson and @TomBrady are teeing it up at Medalist alongside @JustinThomas34 and @patrick_cantlay ahead of The Match: Champions for Charity.
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) May 22, 2020
(📷: PhilMickelson) pic.twitter.com/GTBO29Bc12
2:00 p.m. -- Lee Westwood on the same page with Adam Scott, also skeptical of PGA Tour restart plan.
12:34 p.m. -- Golf Digest: Junior golf tournaments seeing huge interest from families ready to get back to competition.
12:15 p.m. -- The International King’s Cup, an amateur competition between the United States and Ireland and named in honor of Arnold Palmer, has been postponed until 2021. The match originally was scheduled for May 25 - 27 at Castlerock Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
12:00 p.m. -- GOLF.com: 5 things you should know about Medalist Golf Club prior to Sunday's match.
9:06 a.m. -- BREAKING: Non-contact sports, including tennis and golf, will resume in Scotland from next week following First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's announcement on a planned relaxation of lockdown measures in the country.
8:54 a.m. -- Innisbrook Golf Resort, home of The Valspar Championship, will lay off 433 employees beginning June 30 due to decreased business brought on by coronavirus. Affected employees range from office and resort workers as well as golf employees.
8:48 a.m. -- The Fresh Pond Golf Course in Cambridge, Massachusetts closed to walkers and opened for golf Thursday – after being opened for recreational walking only since May 13.
8:42 a.m. -- A dream delayed: Golfers disappointed but understand canceling U.S. Open qualifiers.
8:31 a.m. -- Fox Business: Coronavirus 'Champions for Charity' golf match could double fundraising goal: Tiger Woods' agent.
8:10 a.m. -- Washington Post: Golf returns to England and Wales - for those who don't mind playing alone or in pairs.
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