PGA Championship called off

Los Angeles, March 18 The US PGA Championship, scheduled for May 14-17 at Harding Park in San Francisco, has been postponed, the second 2020 Major golf championship to be derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. The PGA of America said on...

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Updated At : 12:35 PM Mar 19, 2020 IST

Los Angeles, March 18

The US PGA Championship, scheduled for May 14-17 at Harding Park in San Francisco, has been postponed, the second 2020 Major golf championship to be derailed by the coronavirus pandemic.

The PGA of America said on Tuesday it hoped to reschedule the event later in the year. The news came after Augusta National Golf Club announced that the Masters would not be held on April 9-12. The decision by the PGA of America to postpone the PGA Championship comes as millions of San Francisco residents have been ordered to stay home in a bid to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area and the city of Berkeley were part of a lockdown effort after data showed 258 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with four deaths as of Monday. “Postponement is the best decision for all involved,” said PGA of America chief executive Seth Waugh. — AFP

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