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    Golf Takes a Do-Over as the Masters Moves to November

    Competitive golf’s governing bodies boldly remade the schedule of the men’s major championships and other professional events on Monday with the Masters tournament, a signature event of the American sporting calendar, moving to November because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Masters, a ritual of spring that was scheduled to be played this week at Augusta […] More

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    U.S. Women’s Open Postponed Until December

    The United States Golf Association postponed the 75th United States Women’s Open from early June to mid-December on Friday, a notable sign that golf’s governing bodies are seriously weighing dates late this year as they scramble to reschedule an ever-expanding list of postponed women’s and men’s events. The women’s Open will now be contested Dec. […] More

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    The Masters on Halloween? Golf Weighs Tradition Against the Calendar

    If golf’s biggest events are to be salvaged this year, the game’s leaders must find an uncommon wellspring of creativity and flexibility. The first two men’s Grand Slam events of the year, the Masters and the P.G.A. Championship, have already been postponed indefinitely, and the schedules for the two others, the United States and British […] More

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    Golf Rounds Surged as Coronavirus Advanced. Now the Game Is Retreating.

    As recently as a week ago, recreational golfers flocked to the fairways of public and private golf courses as a respite from stay-at-home guidelines and lifestyle prohibitions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Golf, with its wide open spaces, still seemed safe. In New Jersey’s Somerset County, the five municipal golf courses recorded 6,501 golf rounds […] More

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    Coronavirus Compounds Financial Concerns in Women’s Sports

    For Isabelle Harrison, the coronavirus wake-up call came when she rushed to her grocery store in Bologna, Italy, to find the shelves cleaned out of pasta. Spaghetti. Fusilli. Even tiny bags of tiny macaroni. All gone. “I immediately thought, ‘Uh oh, there’s no pasta in Italy?’” Harrison said in a recent phone interview two days […] More

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    Masters Postponed After PGA Tour Announces Cancellations

    The 2020 Masters tournament, golf’s first major championship and a signature, springtime event in American sport, was postponed Friday morning by the Augusta National Golf Club, the hosts of the event. The tournament, which takes place in Augusta, Ga., was scheduled for Apr. 9-12. The club said it hoped it could play the event at […] More

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    PGA Tour Shuts Down in Response to the Coronavirus

    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The PGA Tour responded to the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday night by canceling the remainder of the Players Championship, its signature event, and shutting down all of its events until at least April 9, the start date of the Masters. The cancellation of the Players Championship came roughly 10 hours […] More