We have soccer and nascar - yayyyyy
by DakotaDomer (2020-06-19 21:55:34)
Edited on 2020-06-19 21:57:45

In reply to: Are we kidding ourselves about sports?  posted by Revue Party


What I don’t understand is why tennis and golf are taking so long to get back to normal. I can’t think of better socially distant activities.

I have no idea how you safely play basketball or football. I hope no one dies but I have to imagine someone will sooner or later (don’t worry the dead athlete will have some sort of precondition so it won’t count)


Lots of cross boarder tournaments and players is why tennis
by Steelhop  (2020-06-20 12:47:56)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Hasn't started. Golf has staeted, the entire tour is in the US, and one other factor is that most Euro golfers have homes in Florida and were already here.


I don't follow tennis, but I thought golf was up and running
by Dan93  (2020-06-19 23:43:52)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

There was a PGA tournament last weekend. Isn't golf now continuing as normal, but without fans?


They are without fans until the Memorial in mid July. *
by NumberOneMoses  (2020-06-20 10:41:08)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post


I might be out of the loop
by DakotaDomer  (2020-06-20 08:49:16)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I thought they were doing weird charity tournaments and other “events” until restarting the season. The US Open isn’t this weekend right?


Pro golf is very much back.
by WilfordBrimley  (2020-06-22 01:01:03)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

They had a player withdraw on Friday at the RBC in Hilton Head after a positive test, but this was the second week back as a fully-fledged tour with full purses, primetime TV, etc.

There is a fairly interesting case on the guy who tested positive (Nick Watney) at Hilton Head: he is a seasoned, mature pro who has been around the block and was supposedly tight about following the protocols the Tour laid out. He tested negative when he showed up at the beginning of the week, played his Thursday round, went to the course on Friday, then got tested because he said he was "symptomatic". He actually wasn't symptomatic at all in how we would normally think of it (fever, cough, metallic taste in the mouth, etc.) - he was "symptomatic" because he, like a lot of high level pro athletes and especially elite pro golfers, uses some sort of sophisticated fitness and sleep tracking band that feeds into software that tracks all sorts of information on sleep, body performance, and all that. He went and got tested because, apparently, the software was telling him that his breathing was irregular overnight from Thursday to Friday.

Concerning pro golf generally, the LPGA has had a more difficult time getting off the ground for several reasons: the LPGA is a more international tour, both in terms of player composition and in venue. The logistics of pulling that off are more substantial than what the PGA faces - most of the international players that play in the PGA live here most of the time anyway, all but a handful of PGA tournaments are in the continental US, and, frankly, the PGA just has a lot more pull because of the money involved and can dictate conditions to host venues on a different level.


Whoops
by crazychester  (2020-06-23 13:11:45)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post



No they are back
by carroll2005  (2020-06-20 09:29:46)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

They modified the schedule and bumped the US majors to the fall (British open cancelled).

They are playing the RBC at Hilton head right now