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The PGA Tour
loosened its mask-wearing policy on Tuesday, according to
GolfChannel.com.
The report indicated that beginning next week vaccinated players
will no longer be required to wear masks indoors or outdoors.
Unvaccinated players still must wear masks indoors, though they
will be allowed to go mask-free outdoors unless they can't
socially distance themselves from others.
The move comes a week after the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention made a similar change to its mask-wearing guidelines,
saying vaccinated people generally can go without masks indoors
and outdoors.
The change reportedly will take effect at next week's Charles
Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, not at this week's PGA
Championship in Kiawah Island, S.C. The PGA Championship is run
by the PGA of America, not the PGA Tour.
Golf Channel also reported that spouses and significant others
of players are set to be welcomed back into the players'
"bubble," where they haven't been permitted since the tour
before took a hiatus in the spring of 2020.
Players' partners would need to undergo COVID-19 tests at the
tournament venue unless they are vaccinated.
--Field Level Media
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