[Golf Topic] LPGA Tour "Gallery Admission Allowed After September?"

Mike Whan LPGA Tour Commissioner

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…The U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour will allow spectators no earlier than September.

On the 24th (Korean time), the LPGA Tour announced that the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship (total prize money $2.3 million), which opens on the 28th of next month at Pinnacle Golf Club in Rogers, Arkansas, will be held without spectators. The tour was suspended due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after the Australian Women's Open in February, and the 2020 season will resume with the Drive On Championship at Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio, on the 31st of this month.

With the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship being held without spectators, five consecutive tournaments will be played without galleries. Last year, world No. 3 Park Sung-hyun (27) won this tournament. The next tournament is the major ANA Inspiration, held on September 10 in Rancho Mirage, California. Following that are the Cambia Portland Classic, Kia Classic, ShopRite Classic, and KPMG Women's PGA Championship.

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