None of last week's Charles Schwab Challenge freaked Canadian Corey Conners out as much as his onsite COVID-19 nasal swab test. But even with routines being upended due to necessary precautions, the event went as well as it could have. (adam_stanley)
Corey Conners was freaked out at first, he says, and closed his eyes so he wouldn’t see the near 20-centimetre instrument slip into his nose. A quick twist later, his on-site COVID-19 test was done — with just a few tears as evidence.
“It was just like a normal week at Colonial Country Club: quiet, birdies and bogeys being made. It’s not anything anyone wanted but it was good to get back to golf,” says Michael Tothe, the tournament director of the Charles Schwab Challenge and a native of Georgetown, Ont. “Every element of the golf tournament was quiet.”
Tothe says it was “a big relief” no one before or during the tournament tested positive for COVID-19. Now his team has already pivoted to selling tickets and planning for 2021.The Tour now moves from Texas to South Carolina for the RBC Heritage. He says the Tour has implemented a rule that says both he and a golfer need to wear a mask when he provides treatment. There was a short debate about whether or not he and his colleagues could even be allowed to attend events, but they have become almost essential to a player’s routine.
The new precautions around every corner didn’t seem to impact Conners’ play on the course, as he finished T19 — his best result on Tour in six events.
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