covid 19

Late Masters an issue for Aussie Open: Day

Late Masters an issue for Aussie Open: Day

Jason Day says he would love to face off against Adam Scott at the Australian Open but the late-season Masters could complicate Australia's top male golfers returning this year. 7 May 2020
World Amateur Team Champs cancelled

World Amateur Team Champs cancelled

This year's World Amateur Team Championships, scheduled for October, have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 7 May 2020
Opinion: The simplicity of suburban golf

Opinion: The simplicity of suburban golf

For the first time since coronavirus-enforced isolation, I played golf this week. 6 May 2020
Harrington accidently names Ryder Cup vice-captain

Harrington accidently names Ryder Cup vice-captain

Europe captain Padraig Harrington has let slip former World No.1 Luke Donald is one of his vice-captains at this year's Ryder Cup during a live broadcast on Tuesday. 6 May 2020
McIlroy, Johnson & Fowler headline charity skins match

McIlroy, Johnson & Fowler headline charity skins match

The PGA Tour, NBC Sports and Sky Sports today announced the return of televised golf with TaylorMade Driving Relief, centred around a US$3 million charity skins match supported by UnitedHealth Group to raise money and awareness for the American Nurses Foundation and CDC Foundation, two organisations helping to lead COVID-19 relief efforts. 5 May 2020
Will there be an Australian Open in 2020?

Will there be an Australian Open in 2020?

Most major sports have unveiled plans to return at some stage in 2020, including golf. The PGA Tour’s June restart combining with other factors to perhaps push our national Open off the schedule this year. 4 May 2020
Green’s major defence moved to October

Green’s major defence moved to October

Hannah Green will get to keep her PGA Championship trophy at least until October after the year's first scheduled major was postponed Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic. 30 Apr 2020
Ryder Cup might go ahead without fans

Ryder Cup might go ahead without fans

Staging this year's Ryder Cup without fans is not in the event's best interests but it might have to proceed that way due to the COVID-19 crisis, according to Team Europe captain Padraig Harrington. 30 Apr 2020
Watch Scott live at Maleny Golf Club

Watch Scott live at Maleny Golf Club

This time of the year was meant to be all about the Masters for Adam Scott, but instead he'll tee it up in the sleepy Queensland Sunshine Coast town of Maleny for a Friday round broadcast live on his Instagram account. 30 Apr 2020
Opinion: The players who could be lost to the game

Opinion: The players who could be lost to the game

The Covid-19 pandemic has touched every corner of the globe. And when it comes to the game of golf, the same reach within our industry is certainly true. 28 Apr 2020
Senden: Golf can operate in a safe manner

Senden: Golf can operate in a safe manner

With son Jacob's brain tumour scans showing positive signs, an upbeat John Senden is contesting a 54-hole charity golf event in Texas this week which he believes can lay a safety platform for the PGA Tour's return in June. 27 Apr 2020
Morri: Benefits of golf’s enforced off season

Morri: Benefits of golf’s enforced off season

There’s long been a belief (this writer included) that professional golf does itself – and the game more broadly – no favours with its relentless, year-long schedule. 27 Apr 2020
Day prepared for marathon schedule

Day prepared for marathon schedule

Plagued by injury and illness in recent years, Jason Day is prepared to test his limits with a marathon schedule of 11 tournaments in 13 weeks when Tour golf returns. 22 Apr 2020
It's not a Ryder Cup without fans: McIlroy

It's not a Ryder Cup without fans: McIlroy

World No.1 Rory McIlroy would rather postpone the Ryder Cup until 2021 than play it this year without fans – even though it is scheduled to be played in the US. 22 Apr 2020
Should Victorians be allowed to play golf?

Should Victorians be allowed to play golf?

The worldwide coronavirus pandemic and its resulting restrictions have quickly led to one of the most heated golf debates in the history of the game in this country: Should Victorians be allowed to play golf? 20 Apr 2020
Gallery: Bernhard Langer's 'at home' fitness tips

Gallery: Bernhard Langer's 'at home' fitness tips

Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer shares some of his 'at home' fitness tips ... 20 Apr 2020
Golf Australia release statement updating COVID-19 position

Golf Australia release statement updating COVID-19 position

The country’s governing body for golf, Golf Australia, has released the below statement, updating its COVID-19 position after advising all Australian golf clubs and facilities to close in late March. 17 Apr 2020
PGA Tour targets June return without fans

PGA Tour targets June return without fans

The PGA Tour has announced plans to resume in June, with the first four golf tournaments being closed to spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic. 17 Apr 2020
Opinion: Loving golf in the age of COVID-19

Opinion: Loving golf in the age of COVID-19

The above image might not mean much to others. Personally, however, it is a sign of renewed enjoyment of a game that has been a lifelong fixture, bizarrely when not playing golf. 16 Apr 2020
Bernhard Langer: Playing the waiting game

Bernhard Langer: Playing the waiting game

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many aspects of everyday life to an eerie standstill, including Tour golf. Bernhard Langer, current money leader on the PGA Tour Champions and Mercedes-Benz brand ambassador, speaks about putting his prolific career on pause. 16 Apr 2020
Ogilvy: “What should a world Tour look like?”

Ogilvy: “What should a world Tour look like?”

The world’s professional golf Tours may be suspended right now due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak – but that doesn’t mean the concept of a world Tour has lost any traction. Here, Geoff Ogilvy discusses his “dream Tour”. 16 Apr 2020