The Memorial Tournament has decided to go without spectators next week at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.
The competition hosted by golf legend Jack Nicklaus was to be the first of the PGA Tours events in the reconfigured schedule to allow a minimum variety of spectators. The plan was to permit as much as 8,000 fans each day with social distancing steps in place, without any bleachers or grandstands.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan released a declaration regarding the change.
” Given the broader difficulties communities are dealing with due to the continuous COVID-19 pandemic, we require to remain concentrated on the No. 1 priority for our Return to Golf– the health and safety of all involved, “he stated. ” While this was a hard decision, it was one made jointly, and we appreciate of the procedure carried out to this point that will enable us to invite on-site fans when the time is right.
” In the meantime, we believe that the Memorial Tournament will once again be an extraordinary championship and deliver the very best competitive environment for our gamers and utmost home entertainment to our fans around the world.”
In an e-mail to clients, the tournament said: “With the assistance of Nationwide and regional federal government, officials cancel strategies to be among first professional sports leagues with fan participation; decision made out of an abundance of caution, as focus heightens on player experience and tv presentation.”.
The tournament has likewise canceled the Wednesday pro-am. The Memorial was also to be the very first event that had a pre-tournament pro-am. Plans were to have 27 groups with a professional and 3 amateurs.
The PGA Tour is playing another occasion, the Workday Charity Open, this week at Muirfield Village, which Nicklaus designed in the early 1970s. The Memorial, a 120-player invitational, is to follow next week. Nicklaus founded the event in 1976.
Slated to have fans, Memorial tourney now wont due to coronavirus – ESPN
