The Masters is postponed until November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The PGA Championship should have been completed today, but now is pushed back until August.
Like everyone else, the Golfweek Grader has been staying at home and social distancing, but the TaylorMade Driving Relief skins game provided a chance to break out the red pen once more before summer begins.
The match that pitted Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson against Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff at Seminole Golf Club on Sunday had its ups and downs. In the end, McIlroy and Johnson were victorious, earning $1,850,000 for the American Nurses Foundation while Fowler and Wolff won $1,150,000 for the CDC Foundation.
Here are the grades:
Seminole Golf Club: A+
If that’s what Seminole is like after about 3 inches of rain, we can’t imagine how challenging Donald Ross’ gem must be when it is running firm and fast.
This was the first time Seminole had been shown on television and it did not disappoint. The variety of the holes, the challenging greens and the creative uses of sand and water made it a feast for the eyes and a challenge for the players.
The course is going to host the 2021 Walker Cup matches, and now that the golfing world has seen Seminole, we expect the television ratings for that match between the best amateurs from the United States against their counterparts from Great Britain and Ireland tp draw much bigger ratings.