PGA Tour Announces Mid-June Return to Texas

"I hope we start in June, I just think it's a little unrealistic," Koepka said in a question and answer session on Instagram on Wednesday swing coach, Claude Harmon III. & # 39; You think of all those guys who fly everywhere in airports. There are so many boys. Everything needs to be cleaned. Is it really possible?

A PGA Tour event would likely have a field of approximately 140 golfers, many of whom, as Koepka pointed out, would travel far from the venue. Logistics typically requires dozens of employees or volunteers, not to mention a large number of employees of a television network should the event be broadcast.

Golf & # 39; s first major championship, the P.G.A. Championship, is scheduled to begin on August 6 in San Francisco, although the P.G.A. of America, a separate golf entity that oversees the P.G.A. Championship has recognized that it may have to move its event from California or host the tournament without spectators.

The United States Open, which was once scheduled for mid-June in Westchester County, NY, was postponed last week. until September 17-20. At the same time, the British Open was postponed to 2021 and the Masters tournament was moved to November 12-15 in Augusta, Georgia.

About sporting events without spectators, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leading public health expert on the president's coronavirus task force, said in an interview that athletic games in professional baseball and football and college sports may return this summer or fall.

"No one comes to the stadium," said Fauci, adding that players in " large hotels & # 39; should be accommodated.

& # 39; Wherever you want to play & # 39 ;, he said, & # 39; keep a close eye on them, but let them test each week and make sure they don't infect each other or their families, and just let them play the season. ”