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European Tour starts again on July 22nd, Open Italy rebus

2020-05-29T19:20:21.949Z


Golf on the Old Continent also starts and the new route will be 'British'. (HANDLE)


(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 28 - Golf on the Old Continent also starts and the new route will be 'British'. The European Tour returns to the field with six events, initially behind closed doors, between 22 July and 30 August, called "UK swing" which will all take place in the United Kingdom, also in the name of solidarity. But the effects of the coronavirus have repercussions on the whole calendar - even with regard to the most important events, those of the Rolex Series - where the Italian Open is not currently in doubt. The will of the Italian Golf Federation - ANSA learns from sources of the same Fig - is to want to organize the tournament by the end of 2020. But everything will depend on the evolution of the pandemic.
    From Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 October, when the 77th edition of the maximum tricolor green event was originally scheduled, the Scottish Open will be played, another event of the Rolex Series.
    A lockdown of over 4 months, which began on March 8, which will end on July 22 when the British Masters (which will close on Sunday 25) will be staged in Newcastle upon Tyne, one week earlier than the previous time trial. Then it will be up to the English Open (30 July - 2 August) which, for the first time since 2002, returns to the calendar of the maximum continental circuit and will be held on the route of the Marriott Forest of Arden in Birmingham, in conjunction with the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational (Memphis, Tennessee), event of the world mini-circuit.
    So it will be the turn of the English Championship (6-9 August), which will be played at the Hanbury Manor CC of Ware, in the county of Hertfordshire. Just as the first Major 2020 PGA Championship will take place in San Francisco.
    From England to Wales where from 13 to 16 and from 20 to 23 August, always at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport (Wales), where it was staged in 2010 the 38th edition of the Ryder Cup, the Celtic Classic and the Wales Open will be played respectively.
    The sixth and final shooting event in the UK will be the UK Championship, from 27 to 30 August in Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham).
    The British Masters prize pool will be 1,250,000 euros while for the remaining five tournaments in the UK the spoils will be 1,000,000 for each individual race.
    But the news is far from over. In the 2020 calendar of the maximum continental circuit, pending new details of the European Tour regarding other tournaments that, according to the official channels of the organization, "will arrive in due time", the dates of 4 events of the Rolex Series. Immediately after the Scottish Open, which will be held in North Berwich, will attend the show of the BMW PGA Championship. Expected initially from 10 to 13 September in Wentworth, Surrey, it was postponed to October (15-18).
    The Nedbank Challenge will be the protagonist in South Africa from 3 to 6 December. The final sprint to designate the new king of the Race to Dubai (the order of merit of the circuit) is expected from 10 to 13 December with the Dp World Tour Championship in the United Arab Emirates.
    The European Tour also announced that all players who have conquered the card to play on the 2020 circuit will also keep it for the 2021 season.
    The recovery will still take place in the name of safety, including tests for the coronavirus for all professionals. . With the "UK swing" the maximum continental circuit will also kick off the "Golf for good" joint initiative, which will serve to allocate 500,000 pounds to be distributed equally between local charities in the various sites where the 6 opening tournaments will be held .
    But the Italian Open puzzle must be solved, one of the most anticipated competitions of the European Tour 2020. (ANSA).

Source: ansa

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