Sounds like the PGA Tour is hoping for a June re-start to its on-hold tournament schedule.
The Tour sent a memo to players last week, said memo was “leaked” to a couple of media outlets. The memo advised players that The Sheriff of Nottingham (aka Tour Commish Jay Monahan) and his Band of Sinister Henchman will meet tomorrow (Tuesday) with the Players Advisory Council.
The Tour had planned to resume play May 21 at The Colonial but the memo admitted that’s not likely.
“We are evaluating other options that allow us to preserve the maximum number of events we can while giving us more time as the crisis evolves,” the memo read.
The memo also noted that play could restart “with or without fans” and that the plan is currently to give players a minimum of three to four weeks’ notice before restarting the season.
“We understand many of you may be impacted by travel restrictions and/or the inability to practice in your area, thus we want to be able to give you as much time as possible to allow you to come back fully prepared,” the memo went on.
The Tour was also shooting to play Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament June 4-7.
But Nicklaus felt it would be more likely to be played on the former dates for the Open Championship in July.
Jack called the June 4-7 dates “doubtful.”
“I don’t think they’ve announced it yet,” Nicklaus said in a recent podcast. “They’re looking probably at the British Open week — they could move us back into that. Whether we’ll be ready in the first of June, I seriously doubt it,” Nicklaus said. “Whether we’ll be ready in the middle of July, I don’t know. But we certainly hope.”
