Hong Kong Golf Open postponed amid ongoing anti-government protests
- Event scheduled for November 29-December 1 at Fanling set to take place at a later date after safety concerns
- Big names such as Patrick Reed, Francesco Molinari and Henrik Stenson had signed on to play
The European Tour’s decision to postpone next week’s event was made with tournament co-sanctioning partner the Asian Tour.
“An attempt will be made to reschedule the tournament to early 2020,” the statement said.
“The decision has been taken due to the ongoing level of social unrest in Hong Kong,” Keith Pelley, Chief Executive of the European Tour, said.
“As the safety of our players, staff, stakeholders and everyone involved in each and every one of our tournaments around the world is our top priority, we feel this is the correct, but unfortunate, course of action.
“The European Tour thanks everyone at the Hong Kong Golf Association, the Hong Kong Golf Club and all persons associated with the Hong Kong Open for their hard work in endeavouring to stage the tournament and we look forward to hopefully returning early next year.”