PGA Tour scraps plan to have fans at Memorial due to covid-19

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.PGATour scraps plan to have fans at Memorial due to covid19

The PGA Tour said on Monday next week's Memorial Tournament in Dublin Ohio, which was supposed to be the first since the circuit's return from a three-month covid-19 hiatus to include spectators, will instead be held without fans.

But the PGA Tour said that due to the rapidly changing dynamics of the covid-19 outbreak, the Memorial would instead go ahead as its sixth consecutive tournament without fans. "While this was a difficult decision, it was one made collectively, and we are appreciative of the process undertaken to this point that will allow us to welcome on-site fans when the time is right."The number of U.S. coronavirus deaths has exceeded 130,000, following a surge of new cases. Nationally, cases are nearing 3 million, the highest tally in the world and double the infections reported in the second most-affected country Brazil.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said the decision to close the course to the general public was the right one.

 

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