[Golf Topic] Blue Bay LPGA "Cancelled Due to New Coronavirus Impact~"

2018 Blue Bay LPGA Tournament scene. Photo by LPGA Tour official website

[Asia Economy Reporter Noo Rae] ○…The U.S. Women's Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour has been directly impacted by the novel coronavirus infection (Wuhan pneumonia).

On the 30th (Korean time), Golfweek in the U.S. reported, "The Blue Bay LPGA (total prize money $2.1 million) has been canceled due to the impact of the novel coronavirus." Although the host location, Hainan, is far from mainland China, concerns over the novel coronavirus ultimately led to the cancellation. Although this year's tournament was canceled, it is expected to be held as scheduled in 2021. The Blue Bay tournament was established in 2014. It was held in the fall until 2018 but took a break last year.

This year, the event was moved to spring and was planned to take place over four days starting March 5 at the Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course in Hainan as the 7th event of the 2020 LPGA Tour season. The LPGA Tour, having already completed its second event on the U.S. mainland, will play two consecutive weeks in Australia from early February with the ISPS Handa Vic Open and the ISPS Handa Australian Women's Open. Following that, the tour will proceed with the Honda LPGA Thailand (Thailand) and the HSBC Women's World Championship (Singapore), before starting the Founders Cup in Arizona, U.S., from March 19.

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