Men's Golf Domestic Tour This season and next season will be integrated and restarted in August 17th June 17:53
This year's men's golf domestic tour, which has been canceled due to the new coronavirus, will be held as one season up to the next season, just like the women's tour.
The men's golf domestic tour was scheduled for 25 tournaments this season, and the opening match was held in Singapore in January as the Asian tour tournament doubled as the opening tournament, but 10 tournaments have already been held since April's first domestic tournament in the new coronavirus. It has been canceled or postponed due to.
The Japan Golf Tour Organization held an extraordinary board meeting on the 17th and decided that if the number of tournaments is small, the prize money ranking will not reflect the ability of the players, this season and next season will be integrated into one season. It was.
This is the same measure as the women's domestic tour, and the prize king and the seed right will be determined by the overall results by the end of next year.
The tour aims to restart at the tournament scheduled to be held in Hokkaido from August 20, but to maintain fairness, the immigration restrictions on overseas players, which account for 31 people, which is nearly half of the prize money seed of 65 people, will be relaxed Is a condition. Before the tournament, we plan to perform PCR tests on all the participants including the athletes who enter the venue.
Chairman Isao Aoki of the Japan Golf Tour Organization, who met after the board meeting, said, "It's difficult to get ahead and it's difficult. I think the players have the same feeling, but I hope that the infection can be resolved and restarted soon." It was.