Golf

The SEC released a statement on Thursday afternoon announcing the updated start dates for five fall sports: golf, tennis, cross country, soccer and volleyball.

The first day of school came at the University of Alabama. The Crimson Tide students largely appeared to do a good job following the health and safety protocols that have been put in place this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Alabama athletic teams took to social media to show its student athletes on campus donning masks to lead by example.

The NCAA alongside president Mark Emmert released a statement saying Fall sports won't have the opportunity to play for championships if more than half of participating schools opt out of the 2020 season as scheduled.

Not even the COVID-19 pandemic could derail one of sports' most reliable and consistent trends: Brooks Koepka contending in one of golf's major championships.

Justin Thomas shot five under in the final round on Sunday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational to win the event and propel himself back to the number one ranking in the world. The victory is marks the second win in a row for former Crimson Tide golfer on the PGA Tour after Michael Thompson won the 3M Open last week in Memphis.

Former Crimson Tide golfer Bud Cauley is choosing to withdraw from this weekend's Travelers Championship due to one of his playing partners testing positive for COVID-19. Cauley has tested negative on two separate occasions but is opting to withdraw from the tournament out of respect to the rest of the field. "I'm very thankful I have tested negative but have decided to withdraw out of an abundance of caution for my peers and everyone involved with the tournament," said Cauley.

Golf had been on hiatus since March 8, nearly 100 days, but the PGA Tour returned successfully yesterday at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. To celebrate its return and to mitigate for the fact that no fans could attend, the Tour arranged special celebrity introductions for the golfers. Former Crimson Tide golfer, Justin Thomas, was introduced by current Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban.

Justin Thomas, fresh off his appearance as a guest-media member at "The Match II" is focusing on the return of the PGA Tour this week. Thomas will play The Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in in Fort Worth, Texas for the first time in his career. Thomas had two PGA Tour victories prior to the suspension of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you’re anything like me, every day the news of the day is the projections of when sports are returning. I have always preferred having an end goal in mind, and the fact that most major sports leagues have pushed their return dates to late summer and early fall means that we could be looking at one of the best seasons of sports to date.

Former Alabama golfer and PGA player Justin Thomas is tired of sitting around. It has been nine weeks since the golf world has had an event and will be four more weeks until the next PGA Tour event. Thomas recently told Bob Harig of ESPN that he would be comfortable starting back next week.