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This week’s Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, will host on-site COVID-19 vaccination for fans in attendance, according to a news release on the tournament website.
A vaccination station near the main entrance of the event will be staffed by OhioHealth. Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available Friday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Those who choose to receive the vaccination opportunity must complete a health questionnaire.
“The Memorial is excited to welcome back fans to this year’s tournament and happy to partner with OhioHealth to offer those individuals the opportunity to get vaccinated,” said Dan Sullivan, the tournament’s executive director. “This is a perfect way to enjoy the world’s best golfers ... while also helping more Ohioans get vaccinated.”
Phil Mickelson, currently golf’s most recent major champion, will team with Tom Brady, the NFL’s most recent Super Bowl-winning quarterback, for the next edition of “The Match” on July 6.
The duo will face Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers in the charity match-play event, which will be televised live by TNT from the Reserve at Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana.
Mickelson, who won his sixth major and second PGA Championship two weekends ago at Kiawah Island, with reunite with Brady, who earned his seventh NFL title when he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV. The duo defeated Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning last May in the original event in this series, subtitled Champions for Charity.
This years modified alternate-shot match-play event will support Feeding America and other charity organizations. The competition will begin at 5 p.m., Eastern time, on July 6, which falls roughly in the middle of the time between the U.S. Open and the Open Championship.
The European Tour has announced changes to the date and format for this week’s Porsche European Open at Green Eagle Golf Courses in Hamburg, Germany.
The event has been reduced from 72 holes to 54. It will start Saturday, two days later than scheduled, and will finish on Monday.
The changes were implemented following the German government’s decision to place the United Kingdom on its travel “red list.” Moving the start date back allowed the vast majority of affected players, caddies and tour staff members to spend the requisite time outside the UK before crossing the border into Germany next Friday.
R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers is expecting a reduced crowd at the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s in July, a gathering that probably will consist mostly of UK-based fans.
“The big uncertainty for us is clarity with respect to what the government and health authorities want with regard to social distancing,” Slumbers said. “Then there is the reality that international travel remains extremely difficult. The audience this year will be much more UK-based. Those things will determine what the atmosphere will be like at The Open.”
The R&A boss said there could be anywhere from 25 percent to 75 percent of the normal 40,000 daily figure, depending on what COVID-19 protocols are in place.
Slumbers says he expects those who attend will be required to wear masks, with players and officials restricted to a strict tournament bubble.
Members at Ireland’s Portmarnock Golf Club have voted by a large majority to allow women to join the club.
The change to the club’s rules mean it will be able to host events like the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, the Walker Cup and perhaps even the Open Championship at some time in the future.
Announcing the change, the club said in a statement: “A vote by the members of Portmarnock Golf Club, that Rule 3 be amended through the removal of the words ‘who shall be Gentlemen’ has been passed. The result is 83.4 percent in favour and 16.6 percent against.”
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