The PGA Championship, the first major scheduled for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will take place behind closed doors from August 6 to 9 at Harding Park in San Francisco.
The promoters of this first lifting of the Grand Slam, which should have taken place in May, confirmed that the course originally planned was kept, after having considered for a moment to move it to another club.
In a statement, the PGA of America chief executive Seth Waugh said it would continue to monitor Covid-19 developments in concert with local and national public health authorities.
“We are both inspired & honored to play on, grateful to the state of Californiaand the city and county of San Francisco for being terrific partners,” Waugh said.
“While the local community cannot be with us physically on-site, we will certainly carry their spirit of resilience and unity with us as we stage our major championship, on their behalf, for all the world to see and enjoy.” Waugh added.
Brooks Koepka won the 2019 PGA Championship, the first to successfully defend the PGA Championship since Tiger Woods in 2007. With his win in this major championship, Koepka regained the number 1 position in the Official World Golf Ranking.
The PGA tour has just emerged from the long hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic by hosting two back-to-back tournaments, the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas and the RBC Heritage in South Carolina, both in camera.
Last week, before and during RBC Heritage, more than 400 tests were performed on players and officials, and only one American player, Nick Watney, tested positive on Friday morning. He immediately placed himself in quarantine, as well as his caddy, however tested negative, as a precaution.
