⁍ The Masters has been moved from April to November due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
⁍ With no fans allowed on site golfers will be operating in the dark.
⁍ Tiger Woods is preparing to defend his title at the ZOZO Championships.
⁍ The move from its traditional early April date to Nov. 12-15 will mean warm spring breezes replaced by chilly north winds.
– For the first time in 80 years, the Masters will be held in November—and for the first time ever, no fans will be allowed on the course. Augusta National is the site of the year’s first major, which will be held in November for the first time since 1934 due to the H1N1 virus, Reuters reports. “The fact that the Masters will be held in November, it’s unprecedented, never been done before. I can’t simulate the normal ramp-up that I normally have, and I don’t think anyone else can either,” says Tiger Woods, who will be playing in his only warmup event before the Masters beginning in April. “There’s no other place like it,” he says. “It echoes there, it travels. When you know the pairings, you know where certain players would be at that particular time and you can figure out who’s doing what, and the roars for certain people are louder than others, and then you hear eagle roars and hole-outs on 16, or whatever it may be. It’s unlike any other place in the world.”
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-golf-zozo-woods/no-roars-will-leave-players-in-dark-at-masters-says-woods-idUSKBN27602Z