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By the time the official postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games was announced last Tuesday, a sense of inevitability already had stolen the thunder from the Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee. While the world sorts through the ongoing impact of the coronavirus, the issue of what happens when a sense of normalcy returns is never far away. Eventually there will be a restart, and how the professional golf calendar will look remains a work in progress. While the postponement of the Olympics was a major blow to the sporting world, it may help golf sort through the necessary reshuffling of its schedule, particularly where major championships are concerned, writes Ron Green Jr.
Brett Quigley’s career distinction is that he played 408 PGA Tour events and never won one. But now that he’s 50, Quigley needed exactly two starts on the PGA Tour Champions to do what he never did on the regular tour. He won the Morocco Champions tournament in February, instantly transforming himself from a non-exempt player into one with a suddenly clear career path. And he’s relishing the accomplishment even though he’s been put in time out by an unexpected pandemic.
It’s hard to lament a college and amateur golf season when people are losing their jobs and, in some cases, their lives. But the loss nonetheless hangs heavily, especially when one of the players affected is your daughter, writes Steve Eubanks.
Golf’s complicated relationship with our coronavirus world makes one appreciate parts of the game that tend to go unnoticed, such as the game's long-standing tradition with handshakes and embraces, this week’s installment of The Divot observes.
Mike Cullity
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