Associated Press
Troy Merritt, left, and Collin Morikawa putt on the second green during a practice round for the Memorial golf tournament, with no spectators, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Dublin, Ohio.
Tuesday morning, a dozen staffers at the Bogey Inn were busy dragging around tables and chairs, setting up cash registers, and making other last-minute preparations on the bar’s sprawling backyard.
Last year’s tournament went ahead without fans and Bogey’s General Manager Mark Dombek thinks that hiatus might prompt an even bigger turnout than usual.
“Friday and Saturday we’ll usually have anywhere between 4.000 to 6,000, sometimes 7,000 people in here at a time,” Dombek said. “I think this year’s—well, we hope—is going to be a little intensified just because it’s been weird this last 14 months. I just think that people are ready to go, ready for a big party.”