It is with regret that we are announcing the cancellation of THE PLAYERS Championship.
We have also decided to cancel all PGA TOUR events – across all of our Tours – in the coming weeks, through the Valero Texas Open.
We have pledged from the start to be responsible, thoughtful and transparent with our decision process. We did everything possible to create a safe environment for our players in order to continue the event throughout the weekend, and we were endeavoring to give our fans a much-needed respite from the current climate. But at this point – and as the situation continues to rapidly change – the right thing to do for our players and our fans is to pause.
They even cancelled our softball league in my small town…..devistated
This is not an Argument, but having worked the Nelson and Colonial for so many years, for the pros to just walk up and play alone….even just televised, its an Army of television and volunteers. Not to mention food and support personnel.
And then the physicians/nurses/etc can’t work because their kids are home.
Having been raised by a fireman and a nurse they always find a way to make things work. Most companies around here have already told employees to work from home if possible.
The way things are headed there will be no Masters this year.
I’m holding out hope they can manage to get players tested and play it, and I honestly think it would be cool to watch some of these events with no gallery.
That said, if I had to bet, I’d bet on no Masters.
Yeah a month away who knows what things will be, might be better might be worse. Never thought we’d see no March Madness or professional sports suspending seasons either yet here we are. No way to know whats going to happen
There is more to it than that. This one is a new kid on the block, and as such precautions in order to prevent a rapid exponential infection rate that would overwhelm the infrastructure is critical, to do that, public gatherings need to be limited. None of that is panic, its reality. Not to mention, all the data we got from China? Its wrong.
With the Flu we have a system in place and previous baseline to work with, as such the mortality rate can get high but the infection rate isn’t astronomical. Here, we WILL have a higher infection rate than many want to admit, and then that 7-8% (not 2%) becomes a much bigger deal.
Right?
The hits keep coming!
The comparison to the annual flu numbers just causes me to shake my head.
It is obliviousness of a situation at its finest.
Can’t be summarized any better than that.