Report: PGA Tour's 2021 Asia Swing Seems In Doubt

GolfChannel.com’s Rex Hoggard has seen a rough draft of the fall 2021-22 PGA Tour schedule that commences in 56 days. It appears the three-event swing through Asia—the CJ Cup, ZOZO and WGC HSBC—are in doubt or unlikely to be played in their traditional locations.

One person with knowledge of the negotiations said that the CJ Cup is looking into venues in the U.S. again, but the other two events in Asia likely wouldn’t relocate to the U.S., meaning some players would likely be reluctant to travel because of the pandemic.

Certainly understandable with international travel issues. But this is amazing:

There’s currently an off week after the Tour Championship (Sept. 9-12), though some sources said the Tour could slide a new event into that spot.

They can’t even leave a week off to recharge everyone’s batteries. Example 4,018 of why it’s absurd to incentivizing PGA Tour executives to grow playing opportunities and purses, even if you’re having to track down players who won 20 years ago to fill out a field. Players who can’t get in a Champions Tour event!