Sentry Tournament of Champions leaderboard here
It may well be a working holiday in lotus land for 42 of the PGA Tour and their families, a far cry from the anarchy and COVID chaos raging on the US mainland, but an agreed upon schedule of tournaments will go on until further notice, no fans of course, a made for TV event that those closest to the action feel may have some entertainment value, and what else would you expect them to say.
A handful of media and a broadcast crew will be in Hawaii for the next 2 weeks that was kicked off at the Sentry sponsored Tournament of Champions on Thursday with Canada's Nick Taylor posting a bogey free -6 67 on the par 73 Plantation course in Kapalua that sees him T3, 2 shots off the lead -8 65 of Harris English and Justin Thomas.
Sergio Garcia ,Ryan Palmer, Robert Streb, Sungjae Im, Patrick Reed all join Taylor T3. Mac Hughes is T37 after an E 73.
For many this event doesn't sit well considering the political nonsense that has gripped America, and put it front and center in the eyes of the world, where the COVID virus continues to spread with unprecedented vigor forcing countries including Canada to lockdown their populations, installing curfews in many instances, while these guys and their families frolic in the sun and sand and palatial surroundings of one of the world's most sought after vacation destinations, and that is completely understandable.
My view is that as long as golf, football, soccer etal are going to be scheduled in their respective bubbles, you can't blame the players for honoring their contracts. Any who feel unsafe, or morally wrong do have the right to withdraw their services.
The rights and wrongs of these decisions were debated back in March, April and May, and with vaccines on their way over the next 6 months, I don't see any of these pro sports discontinuing play, in fact there would be an unholy outcry if the NFL was to stop with the playoffs about to begin this weekend, and NHL training camps set to open.
Bryan Angus
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