Coronavirus Outbreak: PGA Championship rescheduled to August due to COVID-19, says report

The PGA Championship, one of golf’s four majors, has been rescheduled for 6-9 August after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Sunday. The event will remain at the city’s Harding Park course, the paper said. The championship is run by the PGA of America, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. [caption id=“attachment_8162691” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] PGA Championship was scheduled for 14-17 May at Harding Park in San Francisco. AP[/caption] The PGA Championship was originally planned for 14-17 May but the PGA of America announced on March 17 that the event had been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The spread of the virus has prompted the shutdown of almost all sport worldwide. The first major championship of the year, the Masters, was scheduled to start this Thursday at Augusta National, but the club announced on March 13 that it had been postponed. The US Open, scheduled for Winged Foot in New York from 18-21 June, and the 16-19 July British Open at Royal St. George’s in Kent, are still officially on the schedule. But it is believed an announcement on the postponement of the U.S. Open will be made in the next few days. The major championship organisers and the PGA Tour, which runs the weekly circuit of non-major tournaments, have been discussing a revamped schedule. However, any plans to resume the professional circuit depend on the coronavirus subsiding over the next couple of months. Click here to follow LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak