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Like the rest of us, Xander Schauffele is bored. Very, very bored. That, of course, is the furthest thing from surprising. The coronavirus pandemic has quite literally impacted every person in this country, from fast- food workers to teachers to professional athletes with millions in career earnings. More surprising: Xander Schauffele has a case of

8:07 AM ET When the PGA Tour suspended activities due to the coronavirus, it halted what is affectionately known as golf’s traveling circus. Approximately 12 near-semi-sized trucks operated by equipment manufacturers drive from tournament to tournament throughout the season — building, adjusting and maintaining the equipment for the tour players. That caravan is operated by

The Olympics in Tokyo have been rescheduled for 2021. The International Olympic Committee, which postponed the Summer Games last week, announced Monday the contests in Japan will be held July 23 to August 8. This year marks the first time an Olympics has been postponed; the games were suspended three times due to World War

12:14 PM ET Associated Press The Irish Open has become the latest European Tour golf event to be postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. The tournament was scheduled for May 28-31. There will now be no play on the tour until June at the earliest. The next possible tournament is the Trophee Hassan II in

Two weeks ago, James Corrigan reported in The Telegraph that the Ryder Cup was set to be postponed until 2021. It was no big surprise—even though the biennial competition is contested in late September, at a time when the impact of the coronavirus will hopefully have diminished, the composition of the United States and European

Augusta National Golf Club announced on Monday that it is donating $2 million to local coronavirus response efforts. In a statement from Chairman Fred Ridley, the club is giving $1 million to Augusta University for expansion of COVID-19 testing in the region, with another million gifted to CSRA (Central Savannah River Area) Emergency Response Fund,

5:56 PM ET More than 115 athletes, coaches and sports personalities from 13 countries have joined to raise money for a COVID-19 response fund aimed at providing assistance for individuals fighting the global pandemic. Simone Biles, Mark Cuban, Stephen Curry, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Hawk, Rose LaVelle, Jack Nicklaus, Michael Phelps, David Ortiz and Michael

Attitude means a lot in times of stress and adversity, and hasn’t this assumption been illuminated to a draconian degree in these astonishing times. Even before the world was elbowed off its axis by a microscopic assailant, the topic of attitude—a proper and healthy ability to cope—was deliberated comprehensively on the PGA Tour in the

4:14 PM ET Phil Mickelson hinted on Twitter that another “Match” with Tiger Woods is in the works. What’s unclear is if he was referring to hyped big-money encounter such as the one in November of 2018 in Las Vegas, where Mickelson claimed a $9-million “winner take all” purse; or something more modest, that would

After a few weeks of disappointing news, college golfers finally are catching a break. On Monday, the NCAA Division I Council voted to approve an extra year of eligibility for all spring-sport athletes after previously canceling the remainder of spring competitions due to COVID-19 concerns. As part of the decision, schools will be responsible for

The coronavirus pandemic has hit a giant pause button on fans being able to watch golf on TV, and in some cases, even kept people off courses. But while we hunker down and hope for a speedy return to normalcy, we can also use this time as an opportunity to learn more about the game

1:20 PM ET Augusta National Golf Club is donating $2 million to two local entities to help with the coronavirus pandemic. The Georgia club is currently closed in the wake of the crisis and the Masters, originally scheduled for next week, has been postponed. “It is our hope these gifts will help address the many

Eighties and sunny, the Weather Channel says, forecasting a typically gorgeous spring week in the California desert community of Rancho Mirage. Its sparkling crown jewel, the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club, is pristine, as green as green can be, set off by a sky as blue as blue can be, as

This is the latest installment of our Masters Rewatch series, in which we watch and recap the last 23 final rounds of the Masters while we’re working from home due to the coronavirus. What better way to get your Masters fix while in quarantine than by firing up YouTube and remembering all the stuff you

The great American poet Robert Frost once wrote that good fences make good neighbors. He clearly never spent much time in New Jersey. The Ethicist realizes it must seem like the Garden State is the epicenter for every moral dilemma coming down the, um, turnpike, but he’s confident New York (and Connecticut) will get a

The St. Simons Island (Ga.) house of Davis Love III was destroyed by a Friday morning fire. Fortunately, no one was harmed in the blaze, according to the World Golf Hall of Fame member. Here’s what Love said in a statement released by the RSM Classic, a PGA Tour event the golfer and CBS broadcaster

It goes without saying, but golf is secondary right now. There’s a pandemic going on. People are sick, people are dying, people are losing their jobs. This somber and strange reality makes any cheeky golf article feel a bit … silly, if we’re being honest. It’s also true that while we can recognize and acknowledge

Amid the ongoing hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the PGA Tour informed its members that players currently ranked 1-150 in the FedEx Cup standings are entitled to receive a cash advance. In an email obtained by Golf Digest, the Tour outlined the one-time only policy. Players can take up to 50 percent of their

10:44 AM ET Associated Press The Evian Masters women’s golf tournament has been moved to August because of the coronavirus outbreak. The event originally scheduled for July 23-26 will now be held on Aug. 6-9 at the Evian Resort Golf Club. Evian is one of the five majors on the women’s circuit. The decision was

This is the latest installment of our Masters Rewatch series, in which we watch and recap the last 23 final rounds of the Masters while we’re working from home due to the coronavirus. What better way to get your Masters fix while in quarantine than by firing up YouTube and remembering all the stuff you

12:33 PM ET Bob Harig Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Davis Love III, a

Millions of Americans are out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, and among those are thousands of caddies who work at courses that are now closed. It appears loopers at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., are about to get a boost, thanks to one of the club’s most high-profile members. Larry David,

The United States now has the most coronavirus cases in the world and according to health experts, the pandemic might still be in its fledgling stages in this country. Even against that ominous backdrop, the golf world is looking forward to when life will return to a sense of normalcy. For men’s professional golf, that

8:21 AM ET The golf world, like everything else in sports, is shut down. And like the rest of the world, the players are trying to find ways to fill their days. Some are productive. Some are a little out there. Some, well, some we just don’t have any idea what they are doing. This

Over the past few days some of us at Golf Digest, along with a slew of our contacts in various parts of the country, have tried to get a handle on what each state is doing in regards to keeping golf courses open or closed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. While far from

10:40 PM ET Although the United States Golf Association is sticking to its edict to have a decision by mid-April, a report in the New York Post on Thursday night said the U.S. Open would be postponed but with the intention of still playing at Winged Foot Golf Club in suburban New York later this

The unknowns surrounding the continued spread of the coronavirus make the future of the 2019-’20 PGA Tour season difficult to forecast. When will things be safe enough for tournament play to resume? What will the schedule look like as the Masters and PGA Championship search for new dates later in the year? (And what if

If Brandel Chamblee was looking for an outlet to relieve some of his virus-induced social isolation this week, he found it. The Golf Channel commentator used a two-part Golfweek interview to light golf coaches on fire, claiming (among other things) that “teachers are being exposed for their idiocy,” and that the flawed teaching philosophies permeating

Welcome to another edition of The Grind where we underestimated how difficult working from home would be during these unprecedented times. As someone who does it fairly often, I figured it would be easier than Ernie Els’ swing, but I didn’t factor in having a wife working from home at the same time—and, most importantly,

State-wide stay-home executive orders in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic might have you confused about whether golf is or isn’t allowed where you live or even near where you live. Enter the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America with a state-by-state list of where it’s still OK to play. The GCSAA has been monitoring