Highlighted by the Ryder Cup the week after the US Open. I’m sure the players will grumble about that, but at least they are playing golf this year!
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For the Masters, we could see something similar to last year, when the fourth round featured threes starting at 7:30 due to incoming bad weather later that day. My guess would be that they start a bit later, go in pairs and aim to get done by 5.
It also might be easier for the Masters to deal with the daylight issue since there should only be 80-90 participants to start.
Maybe you start the round a little earlier, no?
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This is doable. Start the rounds at 7am. I believe they normally start them at 7:30am in April.
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Sunday, November 15, 2020 (EST)
Sunrise in Augusta, GA
5:25 PM
Sunday, November 15, 2020 (EST)
Sunset in Augusta, GA
This is doable. Start the rounds at 7am. I believe they normally start them at 7:30am in April.
And you could start of both 1 and 10 tees and have threesomes. Certainly doable.
A big late in the season Giant game and a great Sunday leaderboard at the Masters. Could be an incredible day if it happens. Make it so!
lol very true
The Masters is a limited field, not the full PGA weekly 156 players. Early April is barely over 12 hours of light.
They could limit the US Open entries too, but they should be able to get everyone in if they start a tad earlier. Talking 32 tee times, 6 per hour starting off both sides. I think these guys take 5 hours to play a round so they should be all done by 4pm, maybe 5 pm.
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Forgetting for a moment the likelihood of any of this, how do they expect there will be enough daylight to play the US Open in September, with 3 hours less daylight, or the Masters in November, with the clocks pushed back to sunset is 5:30pm? Will they have to limit the amount of players?
The Masters is a limited field, not the full PGA weekly 156 players. Early April is barely over 12 hours of light.
They could limit the US Open entries too, but they should be able to get everyone in if they start a tad earlier. Talking 32 tee times, 6 per hour starting off both sides. I think these guys take 5 hours to play a round so they should be all done by 4pm, maybe 5 pm.
52 tee times/26 per side 1st two days.
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Forgetting for a moment the likelihood of any of this, how do they expect there will be enough daylight to play the US Open in September, with 3 hours less daylight, or the Masters in November, with the clocks pushed back to sunset is 5:30pm? Will they have to limit the amount of players?
The Masters is a limited field, not the full PGA weekly 156 players. Early April is barely over 12 hours of light.
They could limit the US Open entries too, but they should be able to get everyone in if they start a tad earlier. Talking 32 tee times, 6 per hour starting off both sides. I think these guys take 5 hours to play a round so they should be all done by 4pm, maybe 5 pm.
52 tee times/26 per side 1st two days.
The Masters is entirely different. They have a smaller field and going off last years tee times which began at 8:30, some flexibility of moving them earlier on the first two days. But again, as it is, with three players per group, going off 1 and 10, they take play right till sundown.
In the end, who really cares? It's golf.