The PGA Tour announced its plans to resume the 2019-’20 season on June 11-14 at the Charles Schwab Challenge – without fans in attendance – while also unveiling a re-configured tournament schedule for the remainder of 2020 in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The PGA Tour continues to explore variables for a return to competition, including playing early events without fans, multiple sources tell Golf Digest.
US President Donald Trump held a conference call on Saturday with leaders of many of America’s professional sports organisations, including PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and his LPGA counterpart, Michael Whan.
As golf’s various stakeholders – the PGA Tour, European Tour and LPGA Tour, Augusta National, the PGA of America, the USGA and the R&A – cancel and postpone their own events and explore potential alternative dates, all are working with the assumption that the Olympics would go on as scheduled.
The new tournaments now to be cancelled include the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town in South Carolina, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, and the Byron Nelson in Dallas.
Days away from hosting the Valspar Championship, tournament officials absorbed the sad news that their event was off for 2020 and braced for the impact it would have on the event and the community.