PGA Tour scraps program to have limited enthusiasts at Memorial Event

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine past thirty day period authorized a approach that would permit the Memorial to have 20 per cent potential on house, which would include things like admirers, non-public hospitality spots and essential team to run the match.

“But provided the broader worries communities are going through thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have to have to keep targeted on the No. 1 priority for our ‘Return to Golf’ — the overall health and safety of all concerned,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan explained in a assertion Monday.

The absence of spectators also indicates the event will not have a pro-am.

Muirfield Village this week is keeping the Workday Charity Open up, a one particular-time party that replaces the John Deere Vintage, which officers selected to cancel this calendar year and bring back again in 2021. No spectators were to be permitted this week.

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It really is the initially time a training course has held unique tournaments in consecutive weeks.

The 157-person discipline this week involves Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Patrick Cantlay.

The Memorial has special standing and characteristics only a 120-person industry. Tiger Woods, who has not played competitively considering that the pandemic shut down golfing, is a 5-time winner at the Memorial.

“We had a excellent prepare in location, and I could not be a lot more proud of everybody who contributed to it,” Nicklaus claimed. “In the stop, we have the accountability to figure out the health and security of the gamers and all who go to the Memorial Tournament.”

The 3M Open up outdoors Minneapolis on July 23-26 already has explained it would not have spectators, though the PGA Championship in San Francisco is currently being performed Aug. 6-9 with out fans. That leaves the World Golfing Championships occasion in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 30 as the next possibility for golfing to have supporters on the study course.