SILENCE FOR FLOYD ON PGA TOUR

Players stopped for a moment of silence to honour George Floyd as the PGA Tour’s return following a three-month forced coronavirus hiatus got off to a subdued start on Thursday at the Charles Schwab Challenge. At 8:46 a.m. CT, the horns sounded three times at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Across the sun-kissed layout, players stopped in their tracks to honour Floyd, a Black American who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck. With no spectators allowed on the course, it was a solemn scene as golfers and their caddies, heads bowed, stood silently on greens, tees, fairways and the practice range. The 8:46 a.m. tee time will be left blank and a moment of silence observed throughout all four rounds of the tournament. Eight minutes and 46 seconds is the length of time Floyd was filmed pinned under the officer’s knee.