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HARRINGTON TORN OVER 'DIMINISHED' RYDER CUP

AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack In this file photo dated Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, Padraig Harrington tees off on the eighth hole during the first round of the Father Son Challenge golf tournament in Orlando, USA. European captain Padraig Harrington said Friday May 15, 2020, that golf might have to “take one for sport” and stage the Ryder Cup without fans at Whistling Straits in September, accepting that it will be “diminished” because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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adraig Harrington was planning to bring a 150-strong traveling party with him to the Ryder Cup, giving the people closest to the European captain something of an inside experience of one of the great events in golf.

“I’m now down to four, something like that,” Harrington said, rather dolefully, as he assessed the wreckage of a tournament that is still scheduled to be played Sept. 25-27 at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.

The coronavirus pandemic has ripped up

the sporting calendar, but the Ryder Cup survives. So far.

And in a form Harrington knows will be unappetizing to many golf enthusiasts and people beyond the sport who are attracted to the boisterous biennial contest between the United States and Europe.

Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka, two of the biggest names in golf, have been among a growing group of players to have asked out loud: What’s the point in a Ryder Cup without fans?

“My friends who don’t play golf are into the Ryder Cup because of the buzz, the

GOLF GUIDE 2020 atmosphere, the excitement. That’s why the players enjoy it and play it. It’s going to be missed,” Harrington said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.

“If it’s on, it’s without fans. Or without a semblance of fans because there won’t be the ones coming from Europe. If you only have home fans, there’s nothing to cheer for and against. That’s it, at the end of the day.”

Harrington accepts, therefore, the 2020 edition of the Ryder Cup will be a “diminished” product.

But, in the big picture, can it still have wider value?

“The question is, do they take one for sport?” he asked. “Do people sitting at home want the Ryder Cup in a diminished format just so they have sport on TV? “There is a much bigger thing going on,” Harrington added. “Put it in context of what’s going on in the world. But this is why we are actually talking about the Ryder Cup going ahead. Because, in its current form, it certainly would only go on because sport may need — and people may need — a bit of an uplift.”

All the popular Irishman can do is prepare, mentally, as if the Ryder Cup is going ahead in 4 1/2 months, when Europe will be defending the trophy. He is excited by the imminent resumption of the PGA Tour, which will allow him to assess the play of some of Europe’s more experienced golfers who might not make the 12-man team via the European and world points lists.

Harrington said he needs at least six weeks of play, “just so I can judge form.”

The qualifying criteria is up in the air because of the shutdown of golf since March, and the Europeans are looking over “a number of different models” which are being gradually whittled down, he said.

“None of them involve me having 12 picks, I can tell you that,” said Harrington, who has three wild-card captain selections as it stands. “I still have no interest in having a lot of picks, I don’t see the reason for that.

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GOLF TERMS FOR YOUNG BEGINNERS TO LEARN

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olf is a popular sport played by millions of people across the globe.

Many of those people are children, who can learn a host of life lessons from participating in this challenging yet rewarding sport.

Team sports might be the first thing to come to mind when thinking of youth sports, but data from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association indicates that participation in individual sports and team sports is pretty close. According to the Aspen Institute’s “State of Play: 2018” report, which was compiled using custom data provided by the SFIA, 56.5 percent of children between the ages of six and 12 participated in a team sport in 2017. That same year, 49.3 percent of children in that same age group participated in an individual sport like golf or tennis.

Children can benefit from participating in both team and individual sports, and the youth development organization The First Tee¨ notes that golf can instill life-enhancing values in youngsters while helping them build character.

Golf is a difficult game to master and can be especially tough on beginners. Learning some of these commonly used golf terms is a great way for young athletes to begin familiarizing themselves with the game.

• Par: The Professional Golfers’ Association defines par as the

score an accomplished player is expected to make on a hole.

Par is either a three, four or five.

Parents and coaches of young golfers should not overlook the words “accomplished golfers” in the PGA’s definition of par.

Young players need not worry about par as they learn the game, as it’s often hard for even seasoned golfers to make par.

• Tee box: This is the area where players start a game of golf. There are 18 holes on a golf course, and each hole has its own tee box.

• Fairway: A long stretch of neatly maintained grass that is located between the tee box and the green.

• Rough: The area of tall grass that surrounds the fairway.

• Bunker: Sometimes referred to as a “sand trap,” a bunker is a pit-like area containing sand.

Golfers typically want to avoid hitting balls into a bunker. Holes may have more than one bunker.

• Green: The area at the end of a fairway where the hole is located. Grass on the green is typically smooth and cut considerably lower than grass on other areas of the course.

• Fore!: This is a warning golfers shout when they strike the ball and notice it is heading toward another person on the course.

• Drive: A drive is a golfer’s first shot on a hole. A drive is taken from the tee box.

• Approach: An approach is a

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he Masters Tournament is the first of golf’s four major championships in the calendar year. Competitors tee off at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, GA, in April 2020.

Americans Tiger Woods and Patrick Reed are the two most recent Masters champions, and fans are already eager to see who earns the fabled green jacket this year.

Televised golf competitions often inspire people to hit the links.

People with a passion for golf may want to check out some of the top courses in the world, as ranked by leading golf resources and experts.

• Ballybunion: This Irish course was touted as “nothing less than the finest seaside course” by famed golf writer Herbert Warren Wind. The course hosted the 2000 Irish Open, but lack of other tournaments can

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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GOLF G • Making a hole-in-one during a round of golf is quite a challenge.

However, the odds of making two olf is played all over the are incredibly low, at one in 64 globe. Golf is one of the million. world's oldest sports, • Only around 20 percent of golfers boasting a rich history. Golf is a have a handicap below 18. The sport of skill, that can involve not United States Golf Teachers only athletic prowess, but also brain Federation defines handicap as power. Here are some interesting "a measure of a player's current facts about the game. ability over an entire round of golf, • To this date, golf is only one of signified by a number. The lower two games to be played on the the number, the better the golfer moon. The other is a javelin throw. is."

• Long before the advent of tees, • The word "caddy" comes from golfers played off of hand-built "cadet," the French word for sand piles. "student."

• In 1889, Ab Smith inadvertently • A regulation golf ball contains 336 coined the phrase "birdie," when dimples. he hit a shot he defined as a "bird of a shot."

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thletes may be vulnerable to certain accidents and injuries associated with participating in sports and other physical activities. Personal safety requires an awareness of the risks associated with certain activities. UnityPoint Health says these are the 10 most common sports-related injuries people experience.

• Hip flexor strain • ACL tear or strain • Concussion • Groin pull/strain

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Shin splints Sciatica Hamstring strain Tennis or golf elbow Shoulder injuries, such as dislocations or strains • Patellofemoral syndrome Exercising caution while playing sports or exercising, as well as using correct form and guidance, may prevent some of these injuries. Speak with a doctor or physical therapist for ways to alleviate sports injuries and recover more readily.

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CAN THE LAID-BACK STYLE OF ‘THE MATCH’ TRANSLATE TO MAJOR GOLF?

resumes June 11 at the Charles Schwab Challenge? ven though Tiger Woods I doubt it. But they should. was his usual detached self Turner Sports, which televised for most of the back nine, “The Match: Champions for the celebrity match that included Charity” at the Medalist Club Phil Mickelson and the two best in Hobe Sound, Fla., said the quarterbacks of our generation event attracted an average of was more than the most-watched 5.8 million viewers across four of golf event in the history of cable its networks, making it the mosttelevision. It was also downright watched golf telecast in cable TV entertaining — rain, blurry history. It not only broke what was cameras and all. said to be the previous record of Turner’s use of cameras placed 4.9 million viewers on ESPN at the in the front and back of each 2010 Masters — the year Woods personalized cart, the ability returned to golf for the first time of the players to talk with the since the scandal in his personal studio hosts, particularly with the life — it more than doubled the garrulous Charles Barkley, and the average viewership for the twoincessant chatter of Mickelson and team skins game the previous Peyton Manning proved that golf week featuring Rory McIlroy, can be made infinitely appealing Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and on television, even if it is just an Matthew Wolff. NBC Sports said exhibition. that event attracted 2.35 million viewers across all its formats.

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final round of the 2019 Masters, when Woods won his first major in 11 years and fifth green jacket, had an average of 10.8 million viewers on CBS, including spiking to 12.1 million around the time Woods was finishing Sunday afternoon.

A year earlier, the final round of the Masters drew an average of 13 million viewers.

But in these different times with no galleries, CBS and NBC might have to take some different, if not innovative, measures to compensate for the lack of crowd noise at regular PGA Tour events.

OK, they won’t have the use of those customized carts that raced around Medalist as though it were a NASCAR event. And it is unlikely players will be strapped with audio equipment to talk with Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo in the tower (or

wherever the lead announcers might be located). Heck, player and caddie don’t like it when their on-course discussions are picked up by boom mics, as if someone is trying to steal KFC’s secret recipe for crispy chicken.

Maybe they should consider using Peyton Manning as an on-course reporter. Or even Barkley. To that point, major kudos to Justin Thomas for trading in his clubs for a microphone and smashing it as a first-time oncourse commentator.

Or maybe we should just leave well enough alone and let the players provide the entertainment and excitement. Even if it will be quiet out there on the golf course.

SLOW PLAY? WHAT SLOW PLAY?

One of the benefits of the restrictions placed on courses during the COVID-19 pandemic is that rounds are being played at a much quicker pace. Players riding in single carts and not being allowed to pull the flagstick have not only eliminated five-hour rounds, it has almost made the four-hour round a thing of the past.

Throw in players not having to rake bunkers and 12- to 15-minute starting times designed to prevent backups, and 18-hole rounds are being played in 3 1/2 hours, sometimes even quicker.

The irony here, though, is the improved pace of play comes at a time when players would be glad to spend as much time as possible on the course, particularly after the governor’s twomonth stay-at-home order.

Nobody probably would have complained if the rounds were lasting five hours.

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shot hit towards the green from the fairway.

• Putt: A shot taken, typically gently, while on the green as golfers try to get the ball in the hole.

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For now, the Ryder Cup remains The Ryder Cup is a vast money at the mercy of the coronavirus as maker, but Harrington dismissed the United States battles to stifle the notion that this year's event a disease that has killed nearly is currently only going ahead for 85,000 people in the country and financial reasons. more than 300,000 worldwide.

The European Tour, he added, could easily cope if the upcoming Experts say the actual numbers are likely far higher.

Ryder Cup was pushed back The event was last postponed a year and the next European— by a year — in 2001 shortly based edition — scheduled for Italy in 2022 — was delayed until after the terrorist attacks in the United States.

2023.

“Of course there are massive That despite there being no sign of any regular events taking doubts about this,” Harrington said. “There’s nobody arguing place on the European Tour that there isn’t doubt about the until July at the earliest, which is Ryder Cup,” he said. “The best severely denting its revenues.

“The European Tour is sitting on thing you can do is prepare as is. one of the biggest assets in sport. But no matter what, it will be a very different Ryder Cup.”

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be attributed to its remote, albeit beautiful, location.

• Cypress Point: This club sits at the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains at the tip of the Monterey Peninsula in California.

Located in coastal dunes and on rocky coastlines, Cypress Point is often noted for its dramatic holes along the Pacific Ocean.

• Pine Valley: Located in Pine Valley, NJ, this course, which is more than 100 years old, boasts some formidable hazards with sophisticated green expanses.

• St. Andrew’s: This historic course in Scotland has hosted the Open Championship (once known as The British Open) a record 29 times. Historians believe golf originated in Scotland, and people have been playing on this course

since the 15th century. Massive greens, cavernous bunkers and a brilliant layout contribute to its distinguished history.

• Shinnecock Hills: This course in Southampton, NY, is a very old club built in the tradition of Scottish courses. This was likely the inaugural American golf course design, and the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club was one of the five founding members of the United States Golf Association.

• Augusta National: Home to the Masters, Augusta is considered a golf paradise by many. The sheer beauty of Augusta has made it a staple on many golfers’ bucket lists, even if only a few may get to walk its fairways with club in hand.

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