Golf News: European Tour shortens schedule amid coronavirus fears

GolfSixes Cascais won’t be played, and Made in Denmark gets postponed because of coronavirus pandemic

Announced: By the European Tour, that it has postponed one tournament and canceled another, bowing to the widening coronavirus pandemic. The tour postponed the Made in Denmark event and canceled the GolfSixes Cascais. No new date was set for the Made in Denmark, which had been scheduled for May 21-24 at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort in Gatten, Denmark. The GolfSixes was scheduled for May 9-10 at Oitavos Dunes in Cascais, Portugal. The announcement brings to eight the number of tournaments that the European Tour has postponed or canceled. The tour’s next scheduled tournament is the Irish Open on May 28-31 at Mount Juliet Estate in Thomastown, Ireland.

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