Sydney, Oct 16 (Ians) Australia's three biggest golf tournaments have fallen victim to the Covid-19 pandemic as it was announced on Friday that men's and women's Australian Open and the PGA Championship, have been cancelled.
All were due in February. It is for the first time since 1945 that the men's Open will not be played. In the final year of the second World War, the men's Open was not staged; it's the first time since 1995 that the PGA will miss; and the first time since 2006 that the women's Open will not be contested.
"It's unprecedented and a real blow for Australian golf and its fans," PGA of Australia chief executive Gavin Kirkman said in a news release on Friday.
"We have collectively spent months in exhaustive consultation with all relevant authorities and our sanctioning partners to try to find a way to stage all three events safely. But even with multiple contingency plans,...
All were due in February. It is for the first time since 1945 that the men's Open will not be played. In the final year of the second World War, the men's Open was not staged; it's the first time since 1995 that the PGA will miss; and the first time since 2006 that the women's Open will not be contested.
"It's unprecedented and a real blow for Australian golf and its fans," PGA of Australia chief executive Gavin Kirkman said in a news release on Friday.
"We have collectively spent months in exhaustive consultation with all relevant authorities and our sanctioning partners to try to find a way to stage all three events safely. But even with multiple contingency plans,...
- 10/16/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
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