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The Telegraph Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player demand action to curb striking distance at Augusta After hitting the opening ceremonial drives at Augusta on the first day of the 84th Masters, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player used their legendary status to demand action from the game’s governing bodies to stop the ball going so far. In an impassioned set of pleas that will surely make the R & A and US Golf Association sit up and take notice as the distance issue intensifies, Player expressed his… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Florida woman killed after searching Google for restraining order, boyfriend charged  WEAR Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Will Florida overwhelm Georgia QB Stetson Bennett? | Yahoo Sports College Podcast  Yahoo Sports Source link

Two of basketball’s biggest stars have been chipping in to help Florida felons vote in this year’s election.  LeBron James and Michael Jordan helped join Michael Bloomberg’s $27 million effort to help clear fines and fees for about 40,000 felons in the state so that they can vote in Tuesday’s election, according to the Tampa Bay Times.  It’s not clear how much they contributed. Spokespeople for both Bloomberg and James’ “More Than A Vote” organization did not return the… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Cruise ship rescues 24 people from boat off Florida coast  Yahoo News Source link

While President Trump on Tuesday touted improvements in the coronavirus pandemic in the hard-hit Sun Belt states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that nine of the nation’s top 10 growing hot spots are in Florida and Texas, according to an internal government document obtained by Yahoo News.  The CDC document, a daily update on the coronavirus, identifies counties that are “areas of concern,” because cases are “high and still growing.” Five of the top 10… Source link

Florida surpassed 400,000 total coronavirus cases on Friday, one day after Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state had “clearly stabilized with the cases.” As of 9:25 a.m. ET Friday, Florida had recorded some 402,312 cases of COVID-19, according to data compiled by the state Department of Health. The state logged an average of 10,700 cases per day over the last seven days. In all, some 5,653 people have died of COVID-19 in Florida, according to the state health department. The somber milestone follows… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Florida posted a record number of 156 virus deaths. The Republican presidential convention in Florida will be scaled back as cases in the state continue to spike. Maryland’s Republican governor criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the virus, saying it “bungled” testing. The U.K. accused Russian state intelligence of trying to steal vaccine research. Hong Kong reported a record number of cases, the third time in about a week that its new outbreak breached… Source link