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AROUND TOWN

NEWS & E VENTS

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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