Scotland’s Sandy Lyle in coming days should be arriving at Augusta for the 40th anniversary of his maiden Masters appearance.
Instead, the double major winner is staying safe indoors in the north of Scotland with his wife and family.
Though with each week passing in this Coronavirus uncertain world we see more and more tournaments either postponed or cancelled.
Earlier this week, we learnt the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open will not go ahead in Toronto as planned and is has now been confirmed by the USGA the U.S. Women’s Open is being moved from June to December and to be played over two courses at the Champion’s club in Houston, Texas.
Sandy Lyle chuffed to pieces in capturing the 1988 Masters
Almost certain next to be postponed to later this year will be the men’s U.S. Open being held in June at Winged Foot on New York’s Long Island.
Lyle captured a first Major in winning the 1985 Open at Royal St. George’s but at now aged 62 he’s undecided if he will attend the 149th Open given being over-60 he is no longer eligible to tee-up in golf’s oldest major.
And why the very proud Scot is currently side-lined with the Masters postponed to a likely November date, Lyle may not have to worry whether or not he does head south to Kent given the increasing uncertainty if The Open will take place from 16 – 19 July.
The R & A is known to be in continuing crisis talks with those administrating the three other majors along with the European and PGA Tour should the St. Andrews-based body go ahead with a postponement to golf’s oldest major.
It’s becoming an organisation nightmare as Lyle agrees.
“I think the whole world is hurting that badly that we maybe ought to give the Major season a miss,” he said.
“It could be an awful lot of cramming event-wise. We ought to almost delete the year and make sure everyone is healthy and all the problems are ironed out.
“This isn’t going to go away in a couple of months. This is here to stay for quite a while. The country is going to take quite a while to get back into a normal routine.”
