A positive COVID-19 test will keep Sergio Garcia from playing in this week’s Masters. It also means the end of a pretty amazing streak in Major championships.
Adam Scott says his bout with COVID-19 a few weeks out from the Masters was “not ideal”, but at the same time pronounced himself healthy and ready to resume playing at the Houston Open in Texas this week.
All three golfers had to pull out of this week’s Ladies European Tour event, which is played under floodlights at the Emirates Golf Club, due to their positive test results.
Lewis officially claimed her spot overnight when the USGA announced the 10 players who had been added to the field based on their positions on the 2020 LPGA Tour moneylist.
A fortnight was all the time it took for this year’s Open – what should have been the 149th playing of golf’s oldest Major – to go from scheduled to cancelled.
The Victorian Government announced Monday afternoon a further easing of restrictions in Melbourne, which will have a significant flow-on effect for its golf-starved citizens.
Organisers have stalled a final decision in the hope of an unrestrictive trans-Tasman bubble opening up but are racing towards their self-imposed “drop dead deadline” of November 1 with little certainty in sight.
Effective immediately, based on information released by the Victorian Government, Golf Australia can advise the following for all clubs in Metropolitan Melbourne:
It’s the news Melbourne golfers have been patiently waiting for: golf will be once again permitted under a relaxed set of coronavirus restrictions that will kick in from midnight.
Australian Golf Digest
