After Pandemic Reset, Forme Tour Players Anxious To Get Started
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2021-06-03
At the 2020 Forme Tour Qualifying Tournament in Dothan, Alabama, players quietly finished the final round on Friday, March 13—a day after officials canceled THE PLAYERS Championship due to the growing worldwide pandemic. The Qualifying Tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highland Oaks was literally the last tournament standing. COVID-19 stopped professional golf in its tracks, and those who earned status that week, and earlier, weren’t sure what the ramifications would be. Would the Tour delay the season? Cancel it?
For the PGA TOUR Canada players, the answer took a while as Tour administrators worked with government and health officials to see what was viable and, ultimately, what wasn’t. All of pro golf went on hiatus. But while the PGA TOUR, Korn Ferry Tour and PGA TOUR Latinoamerica eventually resumed play, restrictions on travel into and out of Canada left the players in limbo, the 2020 season eventually canceled. With golf in Canada a non-starter, it was definitely time for Plan B.