Column: Cranberries and a ticking clock for Ryder Cup fate

FILE - In a Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018 file photo, Tiger Woods plays a shot from the 4th tee during a singles match on the final day of the 42nd Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris, France. A decision is looming whether to play the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin in September 2020 with fans or even postpone it until next year. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

FILE - In a Sept. 29, 2018 photo, Brooks Koepka of the US plays out of the rough during a foursome match on the second day of the 42nd Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris, France. A decision is looming whether to play the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin in September 2020 with fans or even postpone it until next year. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

FILE - In a Friday, Oct. 14, 2005 file photo, Jacob Ryan, left, and Trent Lueck use rakes to harvest cranberries, in Pittsville, Wis. Wisconsin is the nation's leading cranberry-producing state. A cranberry festival the same weekend as the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin was recently canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.A decision is looming whether to play the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin in September 2020 with fans or even postpone it until next year. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)