The Korea Golf Association is canceling one of the most prestigious events on the men’s side of the game in South Korea because of the continuing threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
The KGA announced late in the day Friday that it won’t be playing the Korea Open this year.
The Korea Open, first played in 1958, was scheduled to be played June 25-28 outside Seoul. Its past champions include Vijay Singh, Rickie Fowler and Y.E. Yang. Rory McIlroy has twice been runner-up, including when Fowler won in 2011.
CBS News reported Friday that flare ups of COVID-19 in South Korea and China are prompting fears of a second wave of the virus, after those countries had reported substantial slowing of the virus.