Australia's three different Golf tournaments, Men's and Women's Australian Open and the PGA Championship have all been cancelled. It was announced on Friday that due to the difficulties faced by everyone due to COVID, the tournaments will be suspended for this year. 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.
Australia's one of the most prestigious tournament has been suspended: Key Points
- "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.
- The Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship - the feature events on the PGA Tour of Australasia - were originally slated for a late November and early December window, to be played at Melbourne's Kingston Heath and Brisbane's Royal Queensland, respectively.
- "We look forward to bringing all three tournaments alive again when they return as normal for summer 2021-22," Kirkman said.
- "The events rely on significant support from players and tours around the world, so given current quarantine restrictions, we believe the field strength of all three events would be severely compromised," said Golf Australia's new chief executive James Sutherland.
- Australia has closed its international borders to most travellers as part of its effort to stem the spread of novel coronavirus.
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