The PGA Tour announced that it is canceling all tournaments through the PGA Championship, which was expected to be played May 14-17, due to concerns with the coronavirus.
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In late April, join some of your favorite players at The Zurich Classic of New Orleans, one of the most fun tournaments on the PGA tour. Played on the emerald grass of the Tournament Players Club Louisiana in Avondale, about 15 miles from downtown, the course is beautiful (with plenty of shady trees), the weather is usually perfect, and there’s always plenty of parking. TOURNAMENT DATES: -: COURSE: TPC Louisiana: LOCATION: Avondale, LA, USA: YARDAGE: 7,425 PAR VALUE. Prior to Zurich sponsorship, which began in 2005, it was the HP Classic, and before that the Compaq Classic. One of the longest-running versions of the tournament was the Greater New Orleans Open Invitational, which took place from 1958 to 1971. Despite its cancellation, the 2020 Zurich Classic is making sure New Orleans won’t go without assistance. Originally scheduled April 23-26 at TPC Louisiana, Zurich announced Monday it will provide.
Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana The Zurich Classic is New Orleans’ premier golf tournament and the only PGA TOUR event in the region. The tournament will be held on April 20 – 26, 2020.
The decision means that the following tournaments now have been called off: the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina; Zurich Classic of New Orleans; Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte; and AT&T Byron Nelson Championship in Dallas.
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In a separate announcement, the PGA of America postponed the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park until a later date, just as Augusta National announced for the Masters on Friday, meaning neither of the first two majors of the golf season will go off as planned.
The Tour’s announcement comes five days after it scrapped the Players Championship after one round and also said that the Valspar Championship in Tampa, WGC Dell Matchplay in Austin and Valero Texas Open in San Antonio would be canceled.
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As a result, the Charles Schwab Challenge, scheduled for May 21-24, is the earliest the Tour could play again.
“As we receive more clarity in the coming weeks, the Tour will be working with our tournament organizations and title sponsors, in collaboration with golf’s governing bodies, to build a PGA Tour schedule for 2020 that ensures the health and safety for all associated with our sport and a meaningful conclusion to the season. We will provide further updates when those plans come into focus,” the Tour said in its press release.
The announcement also means that two more PGA Tour Champions events have been wiped out too: the Mitsubishi Electric Classic in Atlanta, Insperity Invitational in Houston and The Tradition in Birmingham, which was originally slated for May 7-10 will now be played September 24-27.
PGA Tour Champions previously announced on March 16 that the Mastercard Japan Championship (June 12-14) will not be contested due to the current travel advisories in place from the CDC, the WHO and the U.S. Department of State.
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The following events on the Korn Ferry Tour are also canceled: the Veritex Bank Championship in Dallas, Huntsville Championship in Alabama, Nashville Golf Open, Digital Ally Open in Overland Park, Kansas, while Savannah Golf Championship and the News Sentinel Open in Knoxville have been postponed.
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The RBC Heritage, the first PGA Tour event on the schedule after the now-postponed Masters, has announced it will begin issuing refunds for tickets.
“We certainly feel this is the right decision to make for the health and safety of everyone,” said RBC Heritage Tournament Director Steve Wilmot. “We remained optimistic as long as we could knowing the event generates more than $3 million dollars a year for local charities and has a yearly economic impact of $102 million for the state of South Carolina.”
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The AT&T Bryon Nelson, which was to be held May 7-10, has also said it will refund tickets.