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(Reuters) - Next month's Memorial Tournament in
Dublin, Ohio will be the first on the PGA Tour's revamped
schedule to allow spectators amid the COVID-19 pandemic,
organisers announced on Friday.
"Thanks to state approval and support from the PGA Tour, patrons
will be permitted to attend the 45th edition of the Memorial,"
the tournament, hosted by 18-times major champion Jack Nicklaus,
wrote on Twitter.
The Memorial, which will follow five spectator-free events on
the PGA Tour, also said it will issue more details soon for the
July 16-19 event at Muirfield Village Golf Club.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, while announcing the re-opening of
state casinos and amusements parks in two weeks', said safety
plans for the Memorial Tournament were received and approved.
"These sectors have come up with plans that reduce the number of
people, provide for sanitation, and in some cases, provide for
one-way traffic," DeWine wrote on Twitter.
"They are elaborate plans that we believe are consistent with
protecting the public."
A week before the Memorial, Muirfield will host a tournament
that will replace the Illinois-based John Deere Classic that was
cancelled due to state-related challenges regarding the COVID-19
pandemic. The event will be closed to the general public.
The PGA Tour, which shut down in mid-March due to the novel
coronavirus, returns to action next week at Colonial Country
Club in Fort Worth Texas.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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