Professional golf at the highest level has also been drastically affected by the transmission of the coronavirus and the decisions taken by governments around the world.
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PGA Tour, LPGA, Korn Ferry Tour, Champions Tour, and Symetra Tour.
The cancellation of The Players Championship with one day already played and the decision to postpone the Augusta Masters have been the first major consequences in the PGA Tour, whose officials have also decided to cancel the following four scheduled tournaments: the Valspar Championship (March 19-22), the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play (March 25-29), the Corales Punta Cana Resort & Club Championship (March 26-29) and the Valero Texas Open, the latter scheduled for April 2-5.
The cancellations until April also affect the rest of the American Professional Circuits. –Korn Ferry Tour, Champions Tour, LPGA and Symetra Tour.–The cancellations also affect the rest of the American Professional Circuits – Korn Ferry Tour, Champions Tour, LPGA and Symetra Tour – pending in all cases future communications regarding the extension of the cancellations or the resumption of the competitions, taking into account that the initial scheduling of the calendars prevents in many cases the relocation of tournaments throughout 2020.
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European Tour, Challenge Tour and Staysure Tour
In the European Circuits, the situation is similar, while awaiting future decisions depending on the evolution of the crisis caused by the coronavirus.
The European Tour has postponed all March and April tournaments (Magical Kenya Open, Hero Indian Open, Maybank Malaysia Championship, Volvo China Open and D+D Real Czech Masters) until the Estrella Damm Valderrama Masters (April 30 – May 3), while on the Challenge Tour the postponed tournaments are extended to the Challenge de España (May 14-17).
For the time being, the Staysure Tour calendar remains intact, as the European senior competition is scheduled to hold its first tournament of 2020 in Austria from May 14-16.
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Ladies European Tour and LETAS
In the women’s field, the Ladies European Tour has not made an official statement on the matter, having allowed the South African Open to be held from March 12 to 14, while the Aramco Saudi Ladies International from March 19 to 22 is still up in the air, although the official decision of postponement or cancellation may be made at any time.
Equally affected is the LET Access Series, which has scheduled the next tournament in Switzerland from May 15-16 after postponing the Terre Blanche Ladies Open (April 3-5) in France.
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Alps Tour
The Alps Tour, for its part, has relocated the postponed tournaments that were to be played in Egypt to September and October. The resumption of the calendar, if possible, will take place with the Abruzzo Open in Italy, April 23-25.
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