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Skins Match is Great Idea for Fans, Charity and Viewing Public

By Tim Letcher

ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 17: Rickie Fowler of the United States plays a shot from a bunker on the 17th hole during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented By MasterCard on March 17, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 17: Rickie Fowler of the United States plays a shot from a bunker on the 17th hole during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented By MasterCard on March 17, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) /
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Fans around the world have been waiting for the return of live sports on TV. On May 17, the PGA Tour will present a skins match that will fit the bill.

While the PGA Tour is still about a month away from re-starting its season, a team skins match is in the works for just a couple of weeks from now.

On May 17, Dustin Johnson will partner with Rory McIlroy to take on Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff at Seminole Golf Club. The match will be broadcast by NBC and the Golf Channel, marking the first live golf on television since March.

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The match will raise money for COVID-19 relief, with each of the four players donating their share of the proceeds to charity. United Healthcare and Farmers Insurance are among the companies providing the funding for the event, which will benefit the American Nurses Foundation and the CDC Foundation, which are among the leaders in COVID-19 relief efforts.

This event is a tremendous idea for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the event will raise millions of dollars for COVID-19 research, which has killed nearly 70,000 Americans at the time of this article. Secondly, for those fans who have been longing for something, anything, live to watch on television, this event will be among the first.

Also, this event offers fans the chance to see some of the game’s premier players. Perhaps no one was playing better golf before the tour halted than McIlroy, who is one step short of winning the career grand slam. He will partner with Johnson, the 2016 U.S. Open champion who has won 20 times on the PGA Tour.

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On the other side, Fowler, who may be the best player who has yet to win a major, will partner with another former Oklahoma State golfer, Wolfe, he of the entertaining twitch in his swing.

How the match turns out does not matter at this point. The point is that live golf will be back on television in about two weeks and charities will benefit from the match.

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