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Golf charity match will offer public rare glimpse of exclusive course

AP photo by Alastair Grant / Dustin Johnson, left, and Rory McIlroy shake hands on the 16th green at the end of a fourball match on the opening day of the 42nd Ryder Cup on Sept. 28, 2018, near Paris. Johnson and McIlroy headline a charity match Sunday at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla., an event that will raise millions for COVID-19 relief and be the first live golf on television since the pandemic shut down sports worldwide in mid-March.
AP photo by Alastair Grant / Dustin Johnson, left, and Rory McIlroy shake hands on the 16th green at the end of a fourball match on the opening day of the 42nd Ryder Cup on Sept. 28, 2018, near Paris. Johnson and McIlroy headline a charity match Sunday at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla., an event that will raise millions for COVID-19 relief and be the first live golf on television since the pandemic shut down sports worldwide in mid-March. AP photo by Alastair Grant / Dustin Johnson, left, and Rory McIlroy shake hands on the 16th green at the end of a fourball match on the opening day of the 42nd Ryder Cup on Sept. 28, 2018, near Paris. Johnson and McIlroy headline a charity match Sunday at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla., an event that will raise millions for COVID-19 relief and be the first live golf on television since the pandemic shut down sports worldwide in mid-March.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press 5 min read

Dustin Johnson left The Players Championship two months ago and didn’t play another round of golf until four days ago, the start of a crash course for his return to playing in front of a television audience.

He also owes it to his partner, Rory McIlroy, to practice.

They play against Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff on Sunday at Seminole Golf Club in a charity skins game, the first live golf on television since the opening round of The Players Championship on March 12. The remainder of the PGA Tour’s flagship event was canceled as sports shut down across the globe as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I figured I probably should play a little bit of golf before we tee it up here this Sunday,” Johnson said on a conference call Thursday. “But I’ll be ready. Don’t you worry.”

McIlroy has been playing some, but not really working. He expects that to start after the Sunday match in Juno Beach, Florida, giving him three full weeks of hard practice to get ready for the PGA Tour’s return with the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.