While the schedule is solid through until the end of October, the European Tour already has back-up plans in place – two more possible “swings” – that are ready to step in if some of the events at the end of the year don’t come to fruition.
Shane Lowry should be at Royal St George’s Golf Club defending the claret jug this week. Instead, he’s at Muirfield Village Golf Club after the Open Championship was cancelled and the Memorial was moved back six weeks.
The chief executive of the PGA of Australia talks all things relating to COVID-19, including how our PGA professionals have adapted, plus what it means for the game here and the upcoming summer of scheduled tournaments.
For nearly three months the USGA has worked on the new qualifying conditions for the 2020 US Women’s Open, announcing extensive exemption categories – 20 in total – for this year’s championship.
The latest state directive was made in response to increasing evidence of significant community transmission of coronavirus (Covid-19) in these postcodes, and brings with it a forced lockdown and ban on recreational activities, including golf, until at least July 29.
Harris English has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the second player on the PGA Tour to do so in the past 24 hours and fifth overall since the tour resumed play three weeks ago.
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