The sporting fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues, with The Open cancelled and golf's three other majors rearranged.

The coronavirus outbreak has brought most sport to a standstill, but one game is giving some Australians respite from the ongoing uncertainty.

Alex Weber, 18, has just published a study that analyzes how these balls enter and degrade in the water.

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The 2020 Masters event has been postponed due to fears of coronavirus outbreak, Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley announced on Friday.

Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and NFL quarterback legends Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are planning a charity golf match for May, the US media reported. The event would be held without spectators in Florida, airing live on TV with the proceeds going to help battle the COVID-19 pandemic, American broadcaster ESPN reported on Wednesday. Turner Sports said one possible date is Memorial Day weekend May 23-25.

Manning, now retired, told a Denver radio station on Wednesday that there had been talks about such an event anyway. "And now, to have a chance to have a major fundraising event for COVID-19 relief, almost like a telethon if you will... if that can take place, I'm all in for that." The Action Network reported that it is likely Woods and Manning will compete against Mickelson and Brady.

Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis recently expressed support for the event featuring golf superstars and football icons. "I'd like to see Woods and Mickelson do the golf, or whatever, because that's social distance," DeSantis said last week. "You wouldn't have a gallery there. You wouldn't have crowds. But to put that on TV, I think people have been starved for content."

The PGA Tour said it hasn't officially endorsed the event but is evaluating health and safety concerns. One location said to be considered is Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, located just north of Woods' home in Jupiter. The PGA Tour has suspended play since the first round of The Players Championship on March 12. The Tour's revised schedule released last Thursday would begin with a tournament June 11-14 in Fort Worth, Texas.

In addition to the Fort Worth event, the other June tournaments currently slated to be held without fans are the RBC Heritage and the Travelers Championship.

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Golf champ Michelle Wie, 30, is in the third trimester of her pregnancy and though she enjoys the full support of her husband Jonnie West, an executive with NBA side Golden State Warriors, she is worried about how things will pan out given the current COVID-19 pandemic.

"I definitely didn't see myself being pregnant during a pandemic but here we are," said Wie, who has five LPGA Tour wins to her name.

Currently, in locked down at home in San Francisco, Wie is getting nervous as her delivery date approaches. "At first there was no news on pregnant women getting [COVID-19] or pregnant women transferring the virus through the placenta to the kid.

But now that there are reports that it causes pre-term labour, newborns can get it, babies in the womb can get it, it's extremely nerve-wracking for sure.

"We've been extremely careful. I'm extremely anxious to not do anything to put myself in extreme stress—glad that I can stay at home and put my feet up," said Wie.

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Gaganjeet Bhullar, who was tied 3rd last week in the Queens Cup, moved into contention once again with a superb six-under 66, which carried him to 14-under at the Sarawak Championship here yesterday. Bhullar was three behind the leader Paul Peterson of the US who posted a bogey-free three-under-par 69 to hold a narrow one-shot lead over countryman John Catlin in the third round.

Bhullar had rounds of 68-68 on first two days and is now in prime position to make a charge for his first win this season and the ninth on Asian Tour in his career. Bhullar had seven birdies, four on front nine and three on back nine against just one solitary bogey on Par-3 eighth. Among other Indians, Himmat Rai (68-67-70) was tied 11th and Ajeetesh Sandhu (68-71-67) was tied 16th. S Chikkarangappa (70-67-70) was tied 19th, while Khalin Joshi (68-70-71) and Honey Baisoya (71-69-69) were tied 31st.

The other two Indians who made the cut were Aman Raj (74) at tied 44th and Jeev Milkha Singh (73) at tied 53rd. Rashid Khan (75) was tied 63, while Viraj Madappa, Chiragh Kumar and M Dharma missed the cut. Bhullar said, "I hit the ball really good. I hit all the fairways and missed only three greens. Overall it was a good day in terms of ball striking. I got off to a good start with two birdies and that gave me a lot of boost and confidence.

"I'm happy to be in this position. I've been striking the ball really good in the last four months. The trick is all mental now. If I'm able to do the same thing in the last few days, I will be happy with my game." "Golf is a funny sport and anything is possible. Everybody is giving their 100 percent and so am I. I'll go out there and do my best. Game wise, I'm feeling really confident and I've been converting a lot of good scores and giving myself a lot of opportunities."

Bhullar opened with birdie-birdie and then had three pars. He followed up with birdies on sixth and seventh and dropped his only shot on eighth. On the back nine, he birdied on the 10th, 12th and 17th. Peterson, who won his first Asian Tour title in January, fired three birdies on his homeward nine to hold on to his lead for the third straight day on 17-under-par 199 at the Damai Golf and Country Club.

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You can now grab The Golf Club 2019 featuring PGA Tour free on the Xbox One and PC at either of the platform’s store.

The Masters has been postponed with the world of sport rocked by the ongoing spread of coronavirus, its organisers have confirmed. No new date has been announced.

The ex-Atletico Madrid star was joined by some big names from the world of football as Juan Roman Riquelme turned out to play in the match - while Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia also featured.

Donald Trump is believed heading to the Trump Tunberry property in Ayrshire which he purchased in 2014, to play golf, one of the billionaire's favourite pastimes.

'The weather is beautiful, and this place is incredible!' President Trump said in a Saturday morning tweet that hinted he was about to hit the links for a game of golf.

At Donald Trump's personal playground, Turnberry in Ayrshire, the most expensive round of golf in history is about to start, at a cost to the British taxpayer of £5 million and counting.

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Prince Andrew, 58, looked in his element as he enjoyed a chat with Sky TV commentator Andrew Coltart the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club in Scotland on Friday.

The property mogul has proposed a build of luxury housing, including 50 hotel cottages, a gym, an equestrian centre, shops and offices at the Menie estate near Balmedie.

The R&A, which organises the Open, said it will carefully plan viewing areas at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland to try to maximise spectator safety. after a woman was hit by a ball at the Ryder Cup.

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Jim Furyk's side were humbled in Paris, defeated by a margin of 17½-10½, and it was Mickelson's tugged tee shot into the water at the 16th which ensured Europe's lead became unassailable.

Francesco Molinari is European Tour’s Golfer of the Year following his historic season that saw him become the first Italian to win the Open and first European to win a full five points at the Ryder Cup.

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They say there's no such thing as the perfect golfer but over three rounds of complete domination at the USPGA Championship, Brooks Koepka has given a pretty good impression.

Brooks Koepka won the 101st USPGA Championship on Sunday to join the legends of the game with his successful defence of the Wanamaker Trophy.

Former Ryder Cup golfer Gordon Brand Jr has died aged 60. The Scot starred in the 1987 and 1989 Ryder Cups and commentated as Shane Lowry won The Open just two weeks ago.

One of the Duke's flunkies last week contacted the exclusive Real Club Valderrama in Sotogrande, one of the best-known golf clubs in Europe, to make arrangements.

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The millionaires lashed out online after Mr Corbyn said that 'in a fair society there would be no billionaires and no one would live in poverty'. Mr Poulter branded the Labour leader a 'complete buffoon'.

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President Donald Trump hit the golf links on Sunday with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul – days after handing Paul a pen for an executive action as he seeks to undo Obamacare.

McIlroy has won two tournaments this season and is the No 1 on the PGA Tour when it comes to the two most important categories concerning play from tee to green but he struggled at The Open.

He's less than two months away from celebrating seven years of marriage to Jessica Biel, with whom he raises four-year-old son Silas.

The singer indulged in one of his other passions as he played golf on the Old Course at St Andrews at the preview for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Tuesday.

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Hideki Matsuyama has become the latest golfer to withdraw from the Olympics because of concerns over the Zika virus. He joins the likes of Rory McIlroy and Jason Day in deciding not to compete.

The retired swimming champion questioned whether the game's big stars, including Rory McIlroy and Jason Day, were 'not going because they just don't want to go' to Rio de Janiero in Brazil.

Australian golfers Jason Day and Adam Scott have slammed Olympic chiefs for questioning their integrity by accusing them of not attending the Rio games because there is no prize money.

Actor Sid Owen has undergone emergency surgery on his jaw after a golf ball thwacked him in the face and knocked out six of his teeth.

Michael Dale Hudson, 56, was captured on surveillance camera bursting through the entrance of the supermarket on Gibsonton Drive, narrowly avoiding an elderly shopper.

The ex One Direction singer appeared on Jimmy Fallon's At Home Edition of The Tonight Show via video link on Wednesday to chat about his new music, and show off his golf skills.

The former James Bond actor, 66, treated himself to some time away from his busy schedule as he enjoyed dinner at PV Eats with his 'lad' Jason Momoa in Kauai on Sunday afternoon.

Former world number one McIlroy was in a share of seventh after saying on Wednesday he wanted to end a four-year wait for a World Golf Championships victory - he finished on five-under-par.

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