With the sports world on hiatus, former PGA champion Steve Elkington has dreamed up a modern-day version of Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf to bring fans the fresh content they crave. It’s called the Secret Golf Match Play Series for COVID-19 Relief and it will consist of up to six matches that will be played prior to the continuation of the PGA Tour season. Among the PGA Tour stars to partake in the stroke-play matches are Secret Golf regulars Marc Leishman (World No. 15), Jason Dufner, Russell Knox, Andrew Landry, Ryan Palmer and Pat Perez. The initial matchups will be named at a later date, Elkington said, along with the courses, but they will all be at private venues that are closed to the public. Players will wear microphones as they talk, interact and informally educate fans about the shots they are going to hit and just hit. The players will carry their own bags, and players, crew and commentators numbering less than 10 in total will follow all safe distancing guidelines advised by the CDC. Proceeds from these events will go to the charitable foundations of participating players as well as the United Way Pandemic Relief Fund.
Coronavirus: Secret Golf Match Play Series announced for PGA Tour downtime
With the sports world on hiatus, former PGA champion Steve Elkington has dreamed up a modern-day version of Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf to bring fans the fresh content they crave. It’s called the Secret Golf Match Play Series for COVID-19 Relief and it will consist of up to six matches that will be played prior to the continuation of the PGA Tour season. Among the PGA Tour stars to partake in the stroke-play matches are Secret Golf regulars Marc Leishman (World No. 15), Jason Dufner, Russell Knox, Andrew Landry, Ryan Palmer and Pat Perez. The initial matchups will be named at a later date, Elkington said, along with the courses, but they will all be at private venues that are closed to the public. Players will wear microphones as they talk, interact and informally educate fans about the shots they are going to hit and just hit. The players will carry their own bags, and players, crew and commentators numbering less than 10 in total will follow all safe distancing guidelines advised by the CDC. Proceeds from these events will go to the charitable foundations of participating players as well as the United Way Pandemic Relief Fund.