The PGA Tour laid out an ambitious plan to resume its season Thursday, with hopes of a restart at Colonial on June 11-14 and keeping fans away for at least the first month.
If government and health authorities give golf the green light, the tour will have an official event every week through Dec. 6 except for the week of Thanksgiving.
“The health and safety of all associated with the PGA Tour and our global community continues to be our No. 1 priority, and our hope is to play a role — responsibly — in the world’s return to enjoying the things we love,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement. “(Thursday’s) announcement is another positive step for our fans and players as we look toward the future, but as we’ve stressed on several occasions, we will resume competition only when — working closely with our tournaments, partners and communities — it is considered safe to do so under the guidance of the leading public health authorities.”
The Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, was pushed back a month to June and would be followed by the RBC Heritage, which was postponed this week.
Title sponsor RBC had another tournament — the Canadian Open, the fourth-oldest national open in the world — that normally would have been played that week. Golf Canada said Thursday its Open has been canceled.
The PGA Tour season would conclude with the Tour Championship on Labor Day, and a new season would start the following week (Sept. 10-13) in Napa, California. That would mean only one major — the PGA Championship — is held in this 2019-20 season, and as many as seven majors would apply to the following season.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said while the priority is health and safety for everyone involved, “our hope is to play a role — responsibly — in the world’s return to enjoying the things we love.”
Here is the full schedule, via the PGA Tour’s website:
End of 2019-20 Season
• June 8-14: Charles Schwab Challenge
• June 15-21: RBC Heritage
• June 22-28: Travelers Championship
• July 2-5: Rocket Mortgage Classic
• July 6-12: John Deere Classic
• July 13-19: the Memorial Tournament
• July 20-26: 3M Open, TPC Twin Cities
• July 27-August 2: FedEx St. Jude Invitational
• July 27-August 2: Barracuda Championship
• August 3-9: PGA Championship
• August 10-16: Wyndham Championship
• August 17-23: The Northern Trust
• August 24-30: BMW Championship
• August 31-September 7: TOUR Championship
Start of 2020-21 season
• September 7-13: Safeway Open
• September 14-20: U.S. Open
• September 21-27: Ryder Cup
• September 21-27: Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship
• September 28-October 4: Sanderson Farms Championship
• October 5-11: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
• October 12-18: The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges
• October 19-25: Zozo Championship
• October 26-November 1: HSBC Champions
• October 26-November 1: Bermuda Championship
• November 2-8: Houston Open
• November 9-15: Masters Tournament
• November 16-22: The RSM Classic
• November 30-December 6: Mayakoba Golf Classic