Written by : Jose Alvarado Sandoval ( DJ Malanga )
Sixteen of the world's top 20 will play Thursday at Colonial Country Club, but Tiger Woods will not be among them.
The 15-time main winner last played on the Tour in February at Riviera and missed the following four tournaments
Tiger Woods and the fans will be missing when golf returns this week after a three-month hiatus due to the novel coronavirus but the Charles Schwab Challenge will otherwise get the full major treatment with a strong field on display.
Led by world number one Rory McIlroy, the world’s top five players and 101 PGA Tour winners will be at the stately Colonial Country Club outside Forth Worth, Texas.
Play starts on Thursday in the first tournament since the Players Championship was halted in mid-March by the pandemic.
But like the conditions surrounding those sports, golfers will be returning to a very different looking arena where social distancing and the results of nasal swabs and thermal scans will be as important as what they put on their scorecards.
The most jarring change will be the absence of galleries that would normally flock to any tournament featuring the world’s best players.
Golf’s biggest name and winner of 15 majors, Woods will be the only noticeable absentee in the elite field as he continues to get his game in shape after recovering from back issues.
Television coverage of the Charles Schwab will be extensive and have all the technological bells and whistles, including a few new features such as Augmented Reality technology virtual signage.
Some golfers will also wear microphones in an effort to liven up a subdued soundtrack.
Whatever technology or viewer-friendly gimmicks are rolled out they will not replace the familiar buzz that resonates across the course when a player holes out or drains a monster putt.
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