Sources: PGA Tour to announce June restart to 2020 season

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/sources-pga-tour-to-announce-june-restart-to-2020-season


Note June 2020 is a proposed date for starting the PGA tour but some states like California are hesitant to do that though given fears that if they open the state up, then they might end up with a death rate worse than NY state.

PGA Tour officials are expected to announce this week their intention to resume the tour season, halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 11-14 at the Charles Schwab Challenge, multiple sources have told Golf Digest. It’s also expected that fans will not be allowed to attend that first tournament at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. As the Tour looks to follow health and safety guidelines set by government and health officials, other early tournaments also are expected to be played without spectators.

The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on the Tour’s behalf. Tour officials discussed plans with the Players Advisory Council during a conference call on Tuesday.

Late last week, the Tour sent players a memo saying that it was targeting a return at Colonial. The memo cited the tournament’s original date on the tour calendar of May 21-24, but also said the Tour was evaluating options to “preserve the maximum number of events we can while giving us more time as the crisis evolves.”

 

[Megatron]

PGA is very social distancing since everyone but the caddy from time to time talks to the golfer and giving him a club and carry the clubs as well.

 

[seatownmedia]

Golf may be the best sport that doesn’t need an on-site audience. It is a quiet sport and may be the first to come back.

 

[TheBigA]

It's interesting that according to this article, about 48% of all golf courses in the country are open right now. The fewest (15%) in the Pacific states.

https://www.golf.com/travel/2020/04/15/golf-courses-open-coronavirus/