The PGA Tour is leaving the 8:46 a.m. tee time vacant this week at Colonial. It's part of a tribute to George Floyd and to support efforts to end racial and social injustice.
Authorities say 8 minutes, 46 seconds is how long Floyd was pinned to the ground under a white Minneapolis police officer's knee before the handcuffed black man died.
Commissioner Jay Monahan says the tour will have a moment of silence and reflection at 8:46 a.m. in each of the four rounds The PGA Tour is leaving the 8:46 a.m. tee time vacant this week at Colonial.
It's part of a tribute to George Floyd and to support efforts to end racial and social injustice.
The moment of silence will start with three short blasts of the horn.
with files from Canadian Press