COVID-19 Resources:
UPDATES TO GOLF GUIDELINES
- June 30 – tee times can move to 10 minute intervals. (*BRT – approved)
- June 26 – any golf facility can run championship events, using tee times, and following the other Re-Open Saskatchewan procedures and guidelines. (*BRT – approved)
- June 26 – Tournaments using shotgun starts (mass starts) are prohibited. (*BRT – approved)
- * BRT – Business Response Team, Government of Saskatchewan
COVID-19 Resources Links:
Golf Industry COVID-19 Resources:
News links:
- Golf Canada cancels Prairie Nexgen and Skills Challenge events (Golf Manitoba, May 15)
- Golf courses preparing for opening day with restrictions, guidelines (May 14. CJME News)
- Sask. golf courses, gun ranges and driving ranges to take extra precautions when opening Friday (May 12. CTV News)
- What to expect with golf courses set to open in Saskatchewan (May 12. Global News)
- These are the updates to Sask’s reopening plan a week into phase one (May 8. CTV News)
- Coronavirus: Saskatchewan golf courses will have new rules when they open (April 29. Global News)
- Golf courses to open in New Brunswick, Saskatchewan (April 27. TSN)
- Coping with COVID-19 at your local golf course; Saskatchewan sports scene to see a test run (April 25. Star-Phoenix)
- Summer in Saskatchewan will be like no other in recent memory due to coronavirus (April 24. Global News)
- Here’s what you need to know regarding golf season’s opening in Saskatchewan (April 24. Turfandrec.com)
- Better late than never; Sask. golf courses tee up for May 15 opening (April 24. CBC News)
- Cooke and Kachur’s golf courses benefit in first phase of Sask’s re-opening (April 23. paNOW.com)
- Saskatchewan golf courses to open with restrictions on May 15 (April 23. Regina Leader-Post)
- Everything you need to know before hitting Sask’s reopened golf courses in May (April 23. CBC News)
- No holes, no course washrooms, no club rentals, here’s how to play golf during COVID-19 (April 23. CTV News)
- Links will be ready when COVID-19 restrictions lifted: Golf Saskatchewan (April 23. Global Saskatoon)
- Golf Sask. waiting for guidelines from province before opening courses for 2020 season (April 22. CKRM News)
- Sportscage {1:10 mark} (April 21. CKRM Radio)
- Saskatoon’s golf season will be delayed; question is, will it even be played? (April 20. National Post)
- Golf lobbying to be one of the first industries to open once restrictions are lifted (April 19. CBC News)
- Golf will be ‘totally ready’ when restrictions ease – PGA of Canada President Mark Patterson (April 16. discovermoosejaw.com)
- Avid Sask. golfer says sport can accommodate COVID-19 precautions (April 16. CTV News)
- 2020 RBC Open cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Reactions to the cancellation of the 2020 RBC Open
- Update from Golf Saskatchewan concerning COVID-19 (April 11)
- Golfers dealing with a spring without the Masters (April 10. Regina Leader-Post)
- Rules of Golf & Rules of Handicapping COVID-19 guidelines (April 10)
- A message from Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum
- Saskatoon bars outdoor events until May 31, golf courses closed indefinitely (April 6. CKOM News)
- Saskatoon golf courses to remain closed (April 4. CJWW)
- Golf courses to stay closed in Saskatchewan (April 3. CBC)
- All golf in Sask. out of bounds amid COVID-19 pandemic (April 3. Turfandrec.com)
- Golf Canada announces event cancellations and postponements (March 30)
- Tips on working at home from Team Canada’s lead psychologist (March 30)
- Canada’s sports organization’s eager to unite country when pandemic passes (March 30)
- Statement from ‘We Are Golf’ regarding COVID-19 (March 30)
- Golf courses considered “non-essential”, will need government approval to open (March 26)
- North American Indigenous Games postponed (March 25)
- Tokyo Games officially postponed until 2021 (March 24)
- Golf Canada statement on the decision to not send athletes to Tokyo Games (March 24)
- Golf Canada CEO asking golfers to do their part during pandemic (March 24)
- City of Saskatoon closing leisure centres (March 15)
