European Tour talking about Florida stint thanks to COVID-19 limitations in Europe
The European Tour has talked about staging several tournaments in Florida in April as 3 functions established to take put on European soil are reportedly in jeopardy due to COVID-19 journey constraints.
“I can ensure to you that our new associates at the PGA Tour have made available to help us in any way attainable, which is a credit to them and noticeable proof of the strength of our a short while ago introduced strategic alliance,” European Tour chief govt Keith Pelley told customers in a memo received by John Huggan of Golfing Digest.
“We did explore this standard idea with your event committee as aspect of the current conferences we had with them on all ideas and contingencies, so they were being knowledgeable on your behalf.”
The Tenerife Open, the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open, and the Portugal Masters are reportedly struggling with probable player-attendance challenges owing to journey limits in the host countries of Spain and Portugal.
Dates and programs for a probable sojourn overseas are mysterious at this issue, and Pelley advised customers the European Tour is checking out all solutions right before committing to any contingency strategy.
“Our continuing drive is to look into all avenues available to us if, in truth, our recent routine is not feasible owing to ongoing journey restrictions for diverse sections of our membership,” he wrote. “As you can envision, our desire is to adhere to our present agenda.
“That stays our prepare, but at any time-transforming government principles and polices on journey could possibly transpire from us, so we have to proactively search at all solutions.”
