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Arjun Atwal will play the first two rounds of the Rocket Mortgage Classic with Matt Jones and Michael Thompson and tee off in the first round in the afternoon at 1.20 pm local time.

The US PGA tour said in a statement that Chad Campbell had withdrawn from this week's Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, where he was the first alternate, after he tested positive as part of the pre-tournament screening process.

The tournament will now return to the Gary Player Course at DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram for the 14th edition in October 2021.

The PGA tour said that Harris English tested positive during the pre-tournament screening process in Detroit for the Rocket Mortgage Classic that starts Thursday.

The victory means Dustin Johnson has now won at least one tournament in each of the 13 seasons he has been on the PGA Tour.

The revised safety policy comes after seven players withdrew from the Travelers Championship in Connecticut for COVID-19 related reasons.

Denny McCarthy, a 27-year-old from suburban Washington who was seeking his first PGA title, withdrew before his afternoon tee time in the second round at TPC River Highlands.

The LPGA Tour's 2020 season will resume with the LPGA Drive On Championship in Toledo on July 31.

The PGA Championship, scheduled for August 6-9 in San Francisco, had hoped to attract up to 40,000 fans a day at Harding Park golf course but that was before the USPGA Tour was shutdown because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The victory, which came with no spectators on the course, was the third career US PGA title for Daniel Berger.

Asian Tour's CEO Cho Minn Thant has said that India would be a big part of the revised golf calendar with as many as three events likely in the country.

Rashid Khan was banned by the DGC in January 2018 along with a group of golfers from practising at the course due to disciplinary issues.

Rashid Khan, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar were all in the running to make it in India's Tokyo Olympics team before the coronavirus crisis.

Tiger Woods called George Floyd's killing a "shocking tragedy" but said violent protests were not the answer as unrest flared across the United States.

Rory McIlroy said, "I think the majority of players would like to see it pushed back until 2021 so that they can play in front of the atmosphere they want to play".

Tiger Woods, who paired with Peyton Manning, showed no rust as they held off a back-nine rally from Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady.

Players are being given the option of carrying their own golf bags for the remainder of the 2020 season.

US golf industry leaders unveiled a three-stage plan on Tuesday to reopen courses with safety protocols in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.