FORT WORTH, Texas – Much of what the PGA Tour tried to do in the run-up to this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge can best be described as a fundamental behavior shift.
Among the changes outlined in the Tour’s return-to-competition plan, players were advised to remove and replace golf clubs from their bag and caddies “should” remove, tend and replace flagsticks and clean the flagsticks before replacing.
If early action on Thursday at Colonial was any indication, players and caddies will need some time to adjust to the new COVID-19 golf etiquette.
“I'm always going to pull the club out, and I'm always going to hand it [back] to [caddie James Edmondson].