A major step on the rocky road back towards some kind of normality

SIGN OF THE TIMES: Signage reminds people to practice social distancing at a mobile testing unit prior to the Charles Schwab Challenge in June. Professional tours have resumed in the last two months and with only minor setbacks. Picture: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Tomorrow is a day that barely seemed possible back in the dark days of March when the world was struggling to get to grips with Covid-19.

Its relentless sweep from far east to west wreaked havoc in ways much more devastating than any damage done to professional sport but golf did not escape and the first round of the PGA Championship from San Francisco’s TPC Harding Park will represent a significant milestone on the road back to some kind of normality.