One year later: Timeline since COVID-19 shutdown 2020 Players

Well, folks - we made it.

This week's Players Championship marks one year since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across North America and put a halt to all major sports.

It's been a long, difficult, and unprecedented 365 days since the PGA Tour canceled the remainder of last year's tournament from TPC Sawgrass.

Let's take a trip down memory lane and revisit everything that unfolded during that week and ever since. It's been a wild ride, one that provides perspective on how lucky golf fans are now that we can watch the world's best compete every week.

March 10: The Chainsmokers performed a concert on TPC Sawgrass' 17th hole on the Tuesday before the start of the Players Championship. Everything felt very normal.

March 11: The NBA postponed its season indefinitely after the Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.

March 12: The NHL and MLB followed the NBA's lead and stopped all games. The hockey season was postponed indefinitely, and the remainder of spring training was canceled.

March 12: C.T. Pan withdrew from the Players Championship and then tweeted: "I'm probably the only one who is not playing. Same number as the hand sanitizers in the clubhouse, locker, and dining."

March 12: Round 1 of the Players Championship began with fans in attendance. Hideki Matsuyama shot a course-record 63.

March 12: Commissioner Jay Monahan announced fans wouldn't be allowed to attend the remainder of the week at TPC Sawgrass.

March 12: The PGA Tour quickly backtracked and canceled The Players Championship's final three rounds and the following three events on the calendar.

March 13: The Masters was postponed.

March 17: The PGA Championship, scheduled to be played in May, was postponed.

March 17: The PGA Tour canceled four more events. There were no golf tournaments scheduled until May 21 at the earliest.

March 19: Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler livestreamed a head-to-head left-handed match against each other.

March 24: Rory McIlroy, Billy Horschel, and other PGA Tour pros started competing against each other using Peloton.

April 6: The Open Championship from Royal St. George's Golf Course was canceled.

April 6: The Masters was rescheduled for November, and the PGA Championship was pushed to August.

April 16: The PGA Tour announced its return-to-golf plan starting with the Charles Schwab Challenge on June 11. The FedEx Cup playoffs would conclude on Labor Day weekend.

April 22: The Match II was announced. Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning were set to take on Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady at Florida's Medalist Golf Club.

May 4: The TaylorMade Driving Relief skins game was announced. McIlroy, Fowler, Dustin Johnson, and Matthew Wolff were scheduled to compete at Seminole Golf Club in Florida.

May 17: Johnson and McIlroy defeated Fowler and Wolff in a playoff at the skins game. It was the first live golf consisting of PGA Tour pros in over two months.

May 25: Tiger and Manning beat Mickelson and Brady in The Match II. Highlights: Brady played horrible, ripped his pants, and then holed out from the fairway for eagle. Mickelson put on a show, and Tiger was automatic off the tee.

June 11: The PGA Tour returned at Colonial Country Club in Texas. Daniel Berger defeated Collin Morikawa in a playoff to win the Charles Schwab Challenge.

June 19: Nick Watney became the first player to test positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from RBC Heritage.

June 25-28: Five players, including Brooks Koepka and Webb Simpson, withdrew from the Travelers Championship due to COVID-19 related reasons. Two players and two caddies tested positive, as well.

June 28: Johnson won the Travelers Championship to kick start an incredible few months of golf that saw him rise to No. 1 in the world.

July 9-19: Ohio's Muirfield Village hosted back-to-back PGA Tour tournaments due to COVID-19. Morikawa beat Justin Thomas in a playoff before Jon Rahm won the Memorial Tournament the following Sunday.

Aug. 9: Morikawa won his first major title with an epic Sunday performance in the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in California. It was the first major hosted without fans.

Aug. 23: Johnson won The Northern Trust by 11 shots in leg one of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Aug. 30: Johnson sank an incredible putt on the 72nd hole to force a playoff before Rahm answered on the first extra hole with a long, bending putt of his own to seal the victory.

Sept. 7: Johnson won his first FedEx Cup title at the Tour Championship. He would later claim Player of the Year honors.

Sept. 20: Bryson DeChambeau dismantled Winged Foot to earn his first major championship at the U.S. Open.

Oct. 15-25: The PGA Tour hosted the CJ Cup and Zozo Championship in Las Vegas and California due to COVID-19. The events were originally slated to be played in South Korea and Japan.

Oct. 29: The Bermuda Championship became the first PGA Tour event to host fans again. The Houston Open allowed spectators the following week.

Nov. 15: Johnson set the scoring record (20-under) at Augusta National to win his first career green jacket and only his second major title.

Jan. 7: The first event of 2021 was held in Hawaii at the Tournament of Champions. Harris English won the tourney and set the stage for an onslaught of quality golf events to follow.

Feb. 23: Woods suffered serious leg injuries in a single-vehicle crash near Los Angeles two days after hosting the Genesis Invitational.

March 11: TPC Sawgrass will welcome back a limited number of fans to mark one year since the 2020 Players Championship was canceled.