PGA "Talking About" Possible 2020 PGA Championship Venue Change

With California looking unlikely to have a fan-filled sporting event and increasing doubts about one played with 156 players from around the world, the PGA of America’s Kerry Haigh acknowledged alternatives are under consideration for the postponed 2020 PGA.

From Rex Hoggard’s GolfChannel.com item:

Although California began lifting its stay-at-home restrictions last week, the state is still trailing other areas of the country in its return to something close to normal. Haigh acknowledged there is also a Plan B.

“We have been talking about [possibly changing venues],” Haigh said. “Ultimately, it’s going to depend on what the city, county and state allow us to do and not do. Safety of everyone is utmost in our mind.”

Would this be a bad time to remind the PGA of the suggestion to play their championship outside the United States in Olympic years to make the schedule more palatable and bring international prestige to the decidedly fourth major?

Australia can be beautiful in December as learned every year during the swing of events Down Under. It’s a thought…