Golf Japan Women's Tour This season's opening game will be held on June 25th with no spectators June 3 12:57

Due to the spread of new coronavirus infection, the domestic women's tour of golf, which had been canceled in the tournament, that the tournament to be held in Chiba Prefecture from 25th this month will be held as the opening game of this season without spectators became.

This season's women's domestic tour has been canceled since the opening game scheduled for March, more than half of 19 tournaments have already been canceled, and it has been announced that this season and next season will be combined into one season It has been.

Against this backdrop, the Japan Women's Professional Golf Association, with a view to the tournament to be held in Sodegaura City, Chiba Prefecture from the 25th of this month, considering the infection status of the new coronavirus, held with no spectators, as a result of discussions with the organizer. I decided to do it.

The association implements the tournament in accordance with the guidelines for countermeasures against new coronavirus infection when conducting professional tour tournaments created by five golf related groups in Japan, and requires athletes and related people to submit daily temperature measurements and questionnaires. I will take measures such as.

About the tour opening about four months late, Momoko Ueda, who won the tournament scheduled to be held this week last year, interviewed online on the 3rd and said, ``I am frankly happy that I can finally return to the game with everyday life. I think that the risk of infection will inevitably increase when people gather, so I would like to make each athlete aware of the infection and make the competition a success."