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        On Schedule

        Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
        remains Oct 8 thru 11

        While the Covid-19 pandemic has caused chaos for all   evolve on a daily basis. “The safety and well-being of the
        amateur and professional tournament schedules, the PGA   event’s spectators, partners, sponsors, volunteers, ven-
        TOUR’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open remains    dors, tournament staff and PGA TOUR professionals has
        scheduled for October 8 thru 11 at TPC Summerlin. Those   and will always be our number one priority. We hope to
        are the original dates for the event, which is coming off   know more in the coming weeks.”
        record spectator numbers in 2019.                      Overall, the PGA TOUR returned for the first time since
        Las  Vegas  resident  and  Southern  Highlands  Golf  Club   March 12 at Colonial Country Club in Texas June 11 for
        member Kevin Na is the defending champion. Na and for-  the Charles Schwab Challenge. No fans were in attend-
        mer champion Patrick Cantlay finished tied at 23-under   ance. Also, the British Open was cancelled, while the PGA
        par as Na scorched the green en route to PGA TOUR-     Championship is now scheduled for August 6 thru 9, the
        record 559 feet of putts made for the week.            U.S. Open for September 17 thru 20 and the Masters for
                                                               November 12 thru 15.
        Tournament executive director Patrick Lindsey and his
        team are taking a wait-and-see approach about spectators   In  local  and  regional  amateur  news,  local  and  sectional
        and fan activations. How other PGA TOUR events fare    qualifying for the U.S. Open was canceled.
        over the summer prior to the Shriners will be a key evalu-
        ation tool.                                            www.ShrinersHospitalsOpen.com

        “We are hopeful that by October our state and local lead-
        ers will believe it safe to gather and attend events again,”
        Lindsay has said about the October plans, which seemingly



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