live golf returns to television on sunday and it might not look entirely familiar except for the playersno caddiesthe only rake on the golf course will be carried by a pga tour rules official if the flagstick is removed from the cup it will be handled by another rules officialand the four players rory mcilroy and dustin johnson against rickie fowler and matthew wolff will be carrying their own bags in the charity skins game at seminole golf club in juno beach floridathis was important to mcilroy who didnt like the alternative of millionaires zipping around in their own cartsi was a bit against that because i think if this is going to be the first time showcasing golf trying to get out of this covid19 era i think its a good way to show you can socially distance by carrying your own bag and getting a bit of exercise mcilroy said this week on the mckellar journal podcast instead of sitting in a cart jumping on and off its a good image for the game seeing four tour pros out there carrying bagsof course this will require some adjustmentsmcilroy played seminole before it closed last week for the summer and he carried his own bag it was heavier than it needed to bei probably had 18 clubs two dozen balls a sweater in there he said the weather looks good on sunday ill take out the umbrella and take as many balls as i needgolf in palm beach county only opened a few weeks ago and strict policies are in place arriving 20 minutes before the tee time flagsticks in the hole no raking bunkers and devices such as foam noodle that keep players from reaching into the bottom of the cup typically 4 inches to retrieve their golf ballswith only four elite players pga tour rules official stephen cox said saturday the county is allowing the noodle to be removed and players can arrive an hour ahead of time for the taylormade driving relief exhibitionas for the golfmike tirico who will host the nbc telecast beginning at 2 pm edt from his home office in michigan might have said it bestsomeone gets over a ball and we dont know the outcome said tirico referring to the void on television filled with reruns of historic moments in sportthe relevant outcome is money for coronavirus relief unitedhealth group is pledging 3 million mcilroy and johnsons earnings go to the american nurses foundation fowler and wolff are playing for the cdc foundation farmers insurance is pledging 1 million toward birdies and eagles that goes to healthcare workers and pga tour charities has an online donation program during the telecastfor the television audience its about golfthis will be the first live action on tv since the opening round of the players championship on march 12 hideki matsuyama started with a 63 and it will be the first of backtoback sundays of golf on tv on may 24 tiger woods