A BABY AND BIRDIES

After keeping their first child a secret for nearly the entire pregnancy, Rory McIlroy and wife, Erica, welcomed their daughter this week, McIlroy announced on Instagram Thursday morning.

Poppy Kennedy McIlroy was born Monday at 12:15 p.m. at Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida, her father wrote alongside a black-andwhite photo of Poppy’s hand wrapped around his pinky finger.

“She is the absolute love of our lives,” McIlroy wrote. “Mother and baby are doing great.”

McIlroy is in Atlanta and says he will play.

TV schedule

Times p.m., ET Friday

Golf Channel, 1-6

Saturday

Golf Channel, 1-6

Sunday

Golf Channel, 1-3 NBC, 3-7

Monday

Golf Channel, 12-1:30 NBC, 1:30-6

2019-2020 PGA Tour season by the numbers

6 Multiple winners – Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Brendon Todd, Webb Simpson and Collin Morikawa. All are in the field at The Tour Championship. Thomas is only threetime winner

11 Tournaments canceled

16 PGA Tour-leading eagles made by Collin Morikawa

27 PGA Tour-leading tournaments played by Patrick Rodgers

27 Winners this season on the PGA Tour

36 Holes-in-one

59 Lowest score shot this season, by Scottie Scheffler in the second round of the Northern trust at TPC Boston. He became the 11th to shot a sub-60 round in PGA Tour history

68.86 Lowest scoring average by Webb Simpson

371 PGA Tour-leading birdies made by Sungjae Im

449 Yards longest drive traveled on PGA Tour hit by Justin Thomas at second hole at Club de Golf Chapultepec in the WGC-Mexico Championship