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Reuters

This year’s Ryder Cup will be postponed to 2021 and next year’s Presidents Cup will also be moved back by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN reported on Tuesday.
The biennial Ryder Cup, which pits a US team against Europe, was scheduled to take place from September 25-27 at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin but will instead be played in the same time frame next year.
The 2022 event to be held in Rome would also be pushed back by a year, ESPN reported, citing a source who was not authorised to speak publicly.
ESPN said an official announcement would be released later on Wednesday. The PGA Tour and PGA of America did not respond to a request for comment on the report.

With fans unlikely to be able to attend the Ryder Cup if it went ahead this year, several prominent players, including world number one Rory McIlroy, had urged officials to postpone it.
The Presidents Cup, a clash between the United States and an Internationals team minus Europe, had been scheduled for September 30-October 3 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, next year but had been moved to 2022, the report said. The events will then continue to alternate every other year.



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Coronavirus: PGA pushes Ryder Cup and President’s Cup back to 2021 and 2022 respectively

Rory McIlroy is one of the high profile players who urged the PGA to push the tournaments back. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

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A Ryder Cup without fans almost a ‘yawner’, says US captain Steve Stricker

United States Captain Steve Stricker (left) says the Ryder Cup would be ‘a yawn’ without spectators. Photo: AFP

Coronavirus: Rory McIlroy against fan-free Ryder Cup

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland arrives on the 18th green during the second round of the 2019 British Open Golf Championship. Photo: EPA

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - AUGUST 25: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot during the final round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on August 25, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Sam Greenwood/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

ORLANDO, FLORIDA - MARCH 08: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts on the second green during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March 08, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

PGA says a 2020 Ryder Cup without fans is under consideration

Could this year’s Ryder Cup be played out in front of empty galleries? Photo: AFP

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A number of high profile players including Rory McIlroy have said a Ryder Cup without fans is not a Ryder Cup
Both events were scheduled to take place in September in the United States in 2020 and 2021 respectively



A number of high profile players including Rory McIlroy have said a Ryder Cup without fans is not a Ryder Cup.


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