George Floyd was honored with a moment of silence at the recently resumed PGA tour. The tour restarted at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas, after a 3 month long hiatus due to the pandemic.
The players stopped in their tracks and observed a moment of silence when the horns rang at 8.46 CT, to honor George Floyd. It was a heartening scene at the ‘closed to the public’ tournament when the golfers and their caddies bowed their heads solemnly.
It has been decided that this moment is going to be repeated throughout the remainder of the tournament at exactly 8.46 everyday. Eight minutes and 46 seconds is the length of time that Floyd was filmed pinned under the officer’s knee.
The PGA tour president Jay Monahan said before the horn sounded, “The PGA Tour commits to amplifying the voices and efforts to end systemic issues of social racial injustice. We have reserved the 8:46 tee time to pause for a moment of silence, prayer and reflection. Thank you.”
