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Golfweek Rewind: PGA Tour aims for June restart, young golfers

The PGA Tour eyes a new restart date and two sisters are helping heal the world. All this and more on Golfweek Rewind.

The PGA Tour hopes to get back to action in June, the PGA Championship is still on for August and we meet two sisters who are trying to heal the world.

Take a look at the week’s top stories on the latest episode of Golfweek Rewind featured below.

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The Charles Schwab Challenge is expected to be the first event back on the PGA Tour calendar in 2020. The Tour announced Thursday the latest schedule changes which includes restarting the season June 11-14 with the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club. No fans will be allowed at the Tour’s first four events. The revised tour schedule can be seen on our website.

On SiriusXM PGA Tour radio this week, PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh said the PGA Championship is still on for August at TPC Harding Park, but he admitted the location could change if necessary.

The European Tour may cut prize money, stage two events a week and require 14-day quarantines once golf returns in order to complete the season. The European Tour schedule has postponed 11 events so far in 2020.

To hear the story of golf prodigies and sisters Amelie and Alexandra Phung who are our Heroes of the Week, watch the latest episode of Golfweek Rewind, featured above.

Golfweek Rewind: USGA provides U.S. Open update, golf equipment company makes masks

Will the U.S. Open be played in June and how is a golf equipment company helping first responders? All this and more on Golfweek Rewind.

The USGA addresses the status of the 2020 U.S. Open, the IOC makes a decision about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and a golf gear company lends a hand to first responders to the coronavirus pandemic.

Take a look at the week’s top stories on the latest episode of Golfweek Rewind featured below.

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Top stories

The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo have been officially postponed. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters in Tokyo he and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach agreed to postpone the games until 2021. When the Japanese Prime Minister’s office expects the games to be played can be found in the video above.

Our Hero of the Week is Seamus Golf, a small brand based Oregon, which decided to help hospitals, medical personnel and first responders around the country as COVID-19 rages. Here’s how they’re making an impact.

Professional golf

The USGA released a statement last week that said no decision has been made to change the June date of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. While postponement is a possibility, the USGA said it is monitoring all available guidance from the CDC, World Health Organization and other officials to “do what is in the best interests of the community for the health and safety of all those involved.” In mid-April, the USGA plans to make an official announcement regarding the U.S. Open.

The Evian Championship has been rescheduled. One of the LPGA’s five majors, the Evian Championship has been moved from July to August.

More information on these top stories and all the latest cancellations and postponements can be found in the latest edition of Golfweek Rewind featured above.

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Golfweek Rewind

Golfweek’s JuliaKate Culpepper discusses the latest news and notes in the world of golf.

Golfweek’s JuliaKate Culpepper discusses the latest news and notes in the world of golf.

Golfweek Rewind: Tiger’s out for third straight week; Sungjae Im wins first Tour title

Will Tiger Woods play at the Arnold Palmer Invitational? Who won last week’s professional tournaments? We discusses on Golfweek Rewind.

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Tiger Woods is out for a third straight week, Rory McIlroy commits to an event he controversially skipped last year and Brandon Matthews is honored for an act of kindness that went viral.

Take a look at the week’s top stories on the latest episode of Golfweek Rewind.

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Tiger Woods will not compete at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, marking three consecutive events the 82-time Tour winner has missed. Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg confirmed to our Steve DiMeglio that Woods will not play at Bay Hill due to continued back stiffness.

Rory McIlroy has committed to the 2020 Irish Open, one year after he controversially skipped the event. McIlroy won the Irish Open in 2016. Here are the details surrounding why McIlroy skipped last year’s event and what makes this year different.

Brandon Matthews is our Unforgettable Person of the Week because of last season’s act of kindness that rippled into 2020. Last season Matthews was in a playoff to win the Visa Open de Argentina when a fan with Down syndrome made a loud noise, causing Matthews to miss a putt to extend the playoff. Matthews demonstrated kindness in the midst of his disappointment. The Arnold Palmer Invitational chose to honor that kindness this week at Bay Hill.

Professional golf recap

PGA: Sungjae Im earned his first PGA Tour victory Sunday at the Honda Classic by one shot. Next up on Tour is the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando.

Euro Tour: Sami Valimaki won his first European Tour victory after a three-hole playoff Sunday the Oman Open. The European Tour season continues with the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters beginning Thursday.

More information on these top stories, how the coronavirus might affect the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and what’s up next on the European and PGA Tours can be found in the latest edition of Golfweek Rewind, featured above.

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Golfweek Rewind: Determining Tiger’s next events, Mickey Wright remembered

Where will Tiger Woods play next? What does Rory McIlroy think of the Premier Golf League? JuliaKate Culpepper discusses on Golfweek Rewind.

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Tiger Woods reveals if he’ll play in the Honda Classic, Rory McIlroy shares his opinion on the Premier Golf League and we remember Mickey Wright after her death.

Take a look at the week’s top stories on the latest episode of Golfweek Rewind.

Top stories

Tiger Woods is skipping the Honda Classic, marking the second-straight week the 15-time major champion won’t compete. Woods also did not play in the WGC-Mexico Championship, citing back stiffness that bothered him throughout the Genesis Invitational. It is unknown what events Woods will play before the Masters Tournament in April.

Rory McIlroy isn’t sold on the Premiere Golf League. Ahead of the WGC-Mexico Championship, McIlroy revealed he has thought about the proposed golf league, but doesn’t like it. The league, in early planning stages, would rival the PGA and European Tours and boasts a season of 18 events across the globe and $10 million purses at each stop.

Our Unforgettable Person of the Week is legendary golfer Mickey Wright who died last week at the age of 85. Wright will be remembered as one of the most decorated golfers of all time, but her swing is a legend of its own.

Professional golf recap

PGA: Patrick Reed won the WGC- Mexico Championship by one stroke and Viktor Hovland earned his first PGA Tour win at the Puerto Rico Open. Next up is the Honda Classic which begins Thursday at PGA National.

Euro Tour: Top European Tour players joined PGA Tour players at the WGC- Mexico Championship. The next stop on the European Tour is the Oman Open in Muscat, Oman, which begins Thursday.

LPGA: After the LPGA’s three-event Asia swing was canceled due to concerns over coronavirus, the next LGPA event is the Volvik Founders Cup in Phoenix, Arizona, beginning March 19.

More information on these top stories can be found in the latest edition of Golfweek Rewind, featured above.

Golfweek Rewind: Event postponed due to coronavirus, Haley Moore impresses

In the latest episode of Golfweek Rewind, we recap professional golf tournaments as well as the week’s top golf news.

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A major amateur event in Thailand is postponed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the USGA and R&A’s controversial Distance Insights Project is released and fan favorite Haley Moore shines in her first first round as an LPGA rookie.

Let’s look back at the week’s top stories on this episode of Golfweek Rewind,

In professional golf, Nick Taylor won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by four strokes. The win was Taylor’s first on Tour in over five years. In the celebrity competition, the duo of Larry Fitzgerald and Kevin Streelman won for the second time in three years. Next stop on Tour is the Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades, California.

Hee Young Park claimed her first LPGA title in over six years at the ISPS Handa Vic Open in Victoria, Australia. On the men’s side of the event, which is sanctioned by the European Tour, Min Woo Lee claimed the title. The Vic Open is a unique setup which features two tournaments on the same course for equal prize money. Next stops for the LPGA and Euro Tour can be found on this week’s episode of Golfweek Rewind.

In other golf news, the R&A’s announced it will postpone the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship, initially scheduled for this week in Thailand, due to concerns of the coronavirus. The R&A hopes to reschedule the event later this year.

For more on the USGA and R&A’s Distance Insights Project, SMU men’s golf coach Jason Enloe’s decision to resign and LPGA rookie Haley Moore’s impressive first LPGA round, watch this week’s episode of Golfweek Rewind above.

Watch Golfweek Rewind: Tiger misses out on No. 83, the Players boosts its purse

This is Golfweek Rewind for the week of Jan. 27, 2020. Here is a recap of the week’s top stories.

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This is Golfweek Rewind for Jan. 27, 2020.

Here is a recap of the week’s top stories.

On the PGA Tour, Marc Leishman narrowly avoided a playoff at the Farmers Insurance Open over World No. 3 Jon Rahm. Tiger Woods was looking for his 83rd PGA Tour win, but finished T-9 at 9 under. The PGA Tour travels to TPC Scottsdale next for the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

In other news, the Players Championship is now the richest event in golf history. The tournament announced the overall purse now sits at $15 million with a winners check of $2.7 million. Last year’s purse was $12.5 million.

For stories on the World Golf Foundation Board of Directors’ announcement it will lower the age for eligibility to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame and the fastest round ever played on the European Tour, watch this week’s edition of Golfweek Rewind above.