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Coronavirus: the second major also postponed

3/17/2020, 10:01:22 PM


After the Masters, it is the turn of the PGA Championship (also called USPGA) to be postponed following the coronavirus crisis. The second Major of the season was to be played from May 14 to 17. The qu ...

After the Masters, it is the turn of the PGA Championship (also called USPGA) to be postponed following the coronavirus crisis. The second Major of the season was to be played from May 14 to 17. The four tournaments scheduled between the initial date of the Masters (April 9-12) and the USPGA are canceled (RBC Heritage, Zurich Classic, Wells Fargo Championship and AT&T Byron Nelson). The third Major on the calendar, the US Open, is still announced from June 18 to 21. But international qualifications have so far been removed. Small indication also for the maintenance or not of the Tokyo Olympic Games which are still supposed to start on July 24, the Japan Championship counting for the Champions Tour (June 8-14) has been canceled. The European Tour is also suffering the full force of the coronavirus. The Andalucia Masters (scheduled for April 30) has also just been postponed to a later date.

The PGA TOUR has announced the cancellation of events through May 10, as well as updates across all Tours and the PGA Championship. https://t.co/DECgqyhSrE

- PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 17, 2020