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The announcement Wednesday was inevitable and had been in the works for weeks as the PGA of America, the European Tour and the PGA Tour tried to adjust with so many moving parts.
“Unlike other major sporting events that are played in existing stadiums, we had to make a decision now about building facilities to host the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits,” PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh said. “It became clear that as of today, our medical experts and the public authorities in Wisconsin could not give us certainty that conducting an event responsibly with thousands of spectators in September would be possible.
While the Presidents Cup doesn't have the level of tradition or rivalry as the nearly century-old Ryder Cup, it was a corporate sellout for the PGA Tour. Voiding various vendor contracts figures to be costly for the PGA Tour in a year in which it already has spent millions helping support so many tournaments that were cancelled by the shutdown.
“We would have been ready , and now we'll be ready by 2023,” Chimenti said. “We're about to inaugurate the course. We don't have problems.” LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan said in May that he wouldn't be bothered by the Ryder Cup going to 2021 as long as it didn't affect the Solheim dates.
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