With the leading men's and women's tours across the US and Europe on hold for the next two months, a rematch of the November 2018 one-on-one showdown between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson could be the next event on the golf calendar.
The encounter would help raise money for coronavirus relief efforts, but it still requires approval from the US PGA Tour, which controls players' media and television rights.Europe captain Padraig Harrington believes the Ryder Cup, planned for September 25-27 at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, should go ahead as planned even if it is the first competition to be played after the shutdown.
Postponing the Ryder Cup could aid with schedule congestion and would also see it revent to odd years -- as was the case before the biennial match was postponed by 12 months in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks on the United States. The Presidents Cup could then shift to even years as a knock-on effect.
The Masters, which was due to start on April 9 at Augusta, could reportedly be held in the week of November 9, and the PGA Championship -- postponed from May -- could be slotted in at Harding Park in San Francisco in August.
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