The idea that golf could lead the US into a Covid-free new normal has been stopped in its tracks at the RBC Heritage
Hours before the PGA Tour deemed coronavirus a sufficient threat to shunt its season into cold storage for three months, the front of the Sawgrass clubhouse provided a typical picture of serenity – until the arrival of Dustin Johnson. En route to the locker room, without so much as raising an eyelid, the former world No 1 spat directly into decorative hedging between myself, a player manager of my acquaintance and the footpath. As we shook heads, Johnson continued on his merry way.
Until Friday, Johnson’s disgusting propensity to yack all over golf courses – including greens – in the middle of a pandemic was arguably the biggest negative associated with the PGA Tour’s resumption.
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