LOS ANGELES – This year’s Ryder Cup will be postponed to 2021 and next year’s Presidents Cup will also be moved back by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN reported on Tuesday.
The biennial Ryder Cup, which pits a US team against Europe, was scheduled to take place from September 25-27 at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, but will instead be played in the same time frame next year.
The 2022 event to be held in Rome would also be pushed back by a year, ESPN reported citing a source who was not authorised to speak publicly.
ESPN said an official announcement would be released later on Wednesday. The PGA Tour and PGA of America did not respond to a request for comment on the report.
With fans unlikely to be able to attend the Ryder Cup if it went ahead this year, several prominent players, including World No 1 Rory McIlroy, had urged officials to postpone it.
The Presidents Cup, a clash between the United States and an Internationals team minus Europe, had been scheduled for September 30-October 3 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina next year, but had been moved to 2022, the report said.
The events will then continue to alternate every other year.
Reuters
