PGA Tour, golf world release new schedule amid coronavirus stoppages
Apr 6, 2020, 9:07 AM
(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Fil)
(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Fil)
The PGA Tour and partnering organizations announced a revised golf schedule on Monday with the soonest potential event coming June 15.
The Augusta National Golf Club, European Tour, LPGA, PGA of America, PGA TOUR, The R&A and USGA issued the following joint statement about a new calendar reshaped by coronavirus cancellations:
“This is a difficult and challenging time for everyone coping with the effects of this pandemic. We remain very mindful of the obstacles ahead, and each organization will continue to follow the guidance of the leading public health authorities, conducting competitions only if it is safe and responsible to do so.
“In recent weeks, the global golf community has come together to collectively put forward a calendar of events that will, we hope, serve to entertain and inspire golf fans around the world. We are grateful to our respective partners, sponsors and players, who have allowed us to make decisions – some of them, very tough decisions – in order to move the game and the industry forward.”
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Here’s a summary of the schedule, including what is tentative, confirmed and re-confirmed:
• TO BE CONFIRMED: June 15-21 (formerly U.S. Open week) – potential PGA TOUR event
• CANCELED: July 13-19, The Open Championship, Royal St. George’s GC, Sandwich, Kent, England
• TO BE CONFIRMED: July 13-19 (formerly The Open Championship week) – potential PGA TOUR event
• TO BE CONFIRMED: July 27-August 2 (formerly Men’s Olympic Competition week) – potential PGA TOUR event
• CONFIRMED: August 3-9 – PGA Championship, TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California
• CONFIRMED: PGA TOUR’s season-ending event/FedExCup Playoffs
— August 10-16 – Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
— August 17-23 – THE NORTHERN TRUST, TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
— August 24-30 – BMW Championship, Olympia Fields CC, Olympia Fields, Illinois
— August 31-September 7 (Labor Day) – TOUR Championship, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
• CONFIRMED: September 14-20 – U.S. Open, Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York
• RECONFIRMED: September 22-27: Ryder Cup, Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin
• CONFIRMED: November 9-15: The Masters Tournament, Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
