December marks the final month of the year and with it brings the final Major of 2020 with this week’s US Women’s Open at Champions Golf Club in Houston.
The moves complete the shift in venues brought on by the decision to call off this year’s Open at Royal St George’s in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We compared the world ranking from the start of the pandemic (March 16) to today (November 30) and discovered that 10 players who are now in the world’s top 100 moved up at least 100 spots.
Adam Scott says his bout with COVID-19 a few weeks out from the Masters was “not ideal”, but at the same time pronounced himself healthy and ready to resume playing at the Houston Open in Texas this week.
The decision falls in line with the USGA holding the US Open at Winged Foot in September with no spectators. Additionally, the LPGA has yet to play any event where fans have been permitted since resuming its schedule on July 31.
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting border closures along with international travel restrictions have forced the cancellation of the Vic Open scheduled for February, 2021.
He will now self-isolate per CDC guidelines. He is the 13th tour player to test positive for COVID during testing conducted in conjunction with tournaments.
Organisers have stalled a final decision in the hope of an unrestrictive trans-Tasman bubble opening up but are racing towards their self-imposed “drop dead deadline” of November 1 with little certainty in sight.
Australian Golf Digest
