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British golfers quit Joburg Open ahead of variant flight ban

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A batch of British and Irish golfers withdrew from the Joburg Open before Friday's second round after the U.K. government announced it was banning flights from South Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant.

The inaugural season of the DP World Tour started Thursday but more than a dozen players pulled out of the tournament because of the new restrictions, tour spokesman Steve Todd confirmed on Friday.

Joburg Open organizers said after Friday's second round was suspended because of fading light that the tournament would be shortened to 54 holes and finish Saturday to give players and staff more time to organize travel back to their home countries. “I'd three holes to finish in my first round, and when I came in I turned my phone on and I had messages from everyone asking me if I was going to go to the airport or stay and play. That's when I started to look into it,” Dunne told the radio show.

The Joburg Open is the start of a South Africa swing, followed by the SA Open and Alfred Dunhill Championship.

 

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