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With a swing and silence, PGA Tour gets back to business
FORT WORTH, Texas – With one swing met with silence, the PGA Tour got back to business Thursday at Colonial.Ryan Palmer was selected to hit the opening tee shot at the Charles Schwab Challenge as a Colonial member who raised money for COVID-19 pandemic relief through his “Pros For A Purpose” campaign.So quiet was the golf course without any spectators allowed that the starter introducing Palmer on the first tee could barely be heard from 40 feet away because of the hum of a nearby generator.PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan watched from the starter's booth — a rarity for him to be on the first tee of any opening round — and gave Palmer, Brian Harman and Bill Haas a thumbs-up as they walked off the tee.Players were back to wearing pants.