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LPGA cancels Taiwan tournament amid virus restrictions
LOS ANGELES, Aug 14, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The LPGA Tour on Thursday cancelled
the Taiwan Swinging Skirts tournament because of ongoing coronavirus concerns
and travel restrictions.
The event had been scheduled for October 29-November 1 at Miramar Golf
Country Club, but the LPGA said the decision to cancel was based on the
latest advice from the Taiwanese government.
“While we are disappointed we cannot play this year, both Swinging Skirts
and the LPGA are fully committed to returning in 2021 for the Taiwan Swinging
Skirts LPGA.”
The announcement comes two days after the LPGA cancelled its Shanghai
tournament after China said it would not hold most international sports
events this year because of coronavirus.
American Nelly Korda won her second straight Taiwan title last year,
clinching the win in a three-way playoff.
She had claimed her maiden LPGA victory in the same event in 2018.
Men’s and women’s professional golf has made a tentative return in the
United States and Europe, but with no spectators and strict virus-prevention
protocols.
The LPGA 2020 season was shut down by the pandemic in February after just
four events, two in Florida and two in Australia.
It restarted just two weeks ago with back-to-back events in Ohio, both won
by Danielle Kang.
This week the tour crossed the Atlantic for the Scottish Open in North
Berwick, to be followed by the first major of the season, the British Women’s
Open at Troon.
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