PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan went from wondering if any golf would be played this year to a schedule that resumes next week with a calendar filled through Thanksgiving.

What hasn’t changed is his belief that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over just because golf is back.

“I don’t think it’s over,” Monahan said Friday in a telephone interview.

Golf is the second major sports league to return behind NASCAR, which began racing three weeks ago and ran nine national series races in a span of 14 days.

The Charles Schwab Challenge next week in Fort Worth, Texas, has one of the strongest fields in Colonial’s rich history, starting with the top five players from the world ranking.

There will be no spectators for at least a month.