CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said Monday the PGA Tour will allow a few players to get mic'd up during the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge, which tees off Thursday.
The Charles Schwab Challenge is the Tour's first event since the Players Championship was canceled after the opening round because of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March. McManus explained that microphones will be voluntary.
"We've been talking to the Tour about it for years," he told reporters. "I think there's probably a greater appreciation for wanting to contemporize golf coverage a little bit, and I think the players are beginning to realize that they can play a real role in that and making the product a little more interesting for the viewer at home.