Live golf is back today: Here’s everything you need to know
When Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson confirmed they’ll be going head to head again, the general response was along the lines of preferring to see the younger guys going up against each other in a charity golf match. Well now we’ve got it.
World No 1 Rory McIlroy will be joined by Dustin Johnson in a skins game against Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff.
McIlroy and Johnson, with five majors between them, will take on five-time PGA Tour champion Fowler and up-and-coming star Wolff at Seminole Golf Club, Florida, on Sunday May 17.
The TaylorMade Driving Relief event will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.
We’re in this together. @McIlroyRory, @DJohnsonPGA, @RickieFowler and @matthew_wolff5 are headlining TaylorMade #DrivingRelief, a charity skins match to raise money for organizations leading the COVID-19 relief efforts. Learn more: https://t.co/zCYsY6oCWx pic.twitter.com/njOE5TxkYb
— TaylorMade Golf (@TaylorMadeGolf) May 4, 2020
Due to strict social distancing guidelines in Florida, there will be no caddies at Seminole. Instead the players will carry their own bags.
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The $3 million match, supported by the United Health Group to raise money for the American Nurses Foundation and CDC Foundation, will be played under strict social distancing guidelines while testing measures will take place to protect the health of the players, production crews and others on site.
Additionally, Farmers Insurance have pledged $1 million while the PGA Tour will run text and online donation platforms throughout the event to raise additional funds for Covid-19 relief charities.
The details
Date: May 17, 2020
Time: 7pm BST
Location: Seminole Golf Club, Juno Beach, Florida
TV: Sky Sports
Anywhere else? Unauthenticated streaming of the entire event available via PGA Tour Live (including Amazon Prime Video), GolfPass, GolfChannel.com and GolfTV. Pre-match coverage as well as the first two holes of the event also will stream on Twitter.
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Alex Perry
Alex has been the editor of National Club Golfer since 2017. A Devonian who enjoys wittering on about his south west roots, Alex moved north to join NCG after more than a decade in London, the last five of which were with ESPN. Away from golf, Alex follows Torquay United and spends too much time playing his PlayStation or his guitar and not enough time practising his short game.
