PGA Championship on tap for August in San Francisco, without fans

The San Francisco Chronicle’s Ron Kroichick is reporting today that San Francisco public health officials have given a green light to holding the PGA Championship at Harding Park in August, but without any fans in attendance.

According to a story posted today, the PGA is expected to make a formal announcement about the tournament on Tuesday. The PGA, originally scheduled for Harding Park in May, was one of many events postponed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Though the tour announced the rescheduled dates earlier, there was not any confirmation that California or San Francisco health officials would let the event occur.

Now scheduled to take place Aug. 6-9, the tournament will be golf’s first major of the delayed season. The PGA Tour restarted this past weekend with another no-fans event at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas. While most tour events that have been slated to take place will also do so without fans, the Memorial Tournament in Ohio in mid-July is planning to have a limited amount of spectators allowed on site.