Golf enthusiasts will have to wait. There will be no Ryder Cup in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to information released on Tuesday July 7 by the American sports channel ESPN.

The 43rd Ryder Cup, scheduled for September 25-27 at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, will be postponed for one year to 2021, ESPN said, citing a source not authorized to speak publicly.  

"There will be no Ryder Cup this year," the source told ESPN. "The Ryder Cup will be postponed to 2021, the President's Cup to 2022 and then they will alternate," she added. An official announcement from the US PGA and the European Tour is expected on Wednesday.

This competition pits the United States against Europe every two years. In 2018, it took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Paris. The European team had recovered the trophy after losing it in the previous edition.

With AFP

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