While the PGA Tour, European Tour and LPGA Tour are all looking ahead to restarting play, the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada has pulled the plug for 2020.
“The 14-day quarantine was a really big blow,” said Scott Pritchard, the tour’s executive director. “Players would need to do that and then need some time to get their games in shape. By that point we had to ask how many events we’d be able to get in. At the end of the day, we felt the only decision was to cancel the season.”
The first seven stops, as well as a series of qualifying schools, were postponed at the start of the pandemic. A condensed schedule with fewer events was planned for later in the summer, but as the restrictions on international as well as inter-provincial travel remained in place, it became too difficult to put together a schedule.
The Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada rewards top finishers with spots on the Korn Ferry Tour. More than 200 players from the Canadian tour have advanced to the Korn Ferry.
BobWeeksTSN Sad that this has happened. 14 events should be the record for the PGA tour Canada. That was done in 1998 and 1999. Those years the tour flowed from the west to the east coast.
BobWeeksTSN sports is dead, or at best severely compromised, for next 2 seasons given how trying to restart current seasons (NHL for example) compromises the next season. I like sports, lived & worked off it, but don't miss it, fully respect who do, & leagues by necessity for trying. but...
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