As widely expected, the 2020 Ryder Cup is being postponed to 2021.
ESPN’s Bob Harig reported: “There will not be a Ryder Cup this year. The Ryder Cup will go to 2021, the Presidents Cup to 2022, and then they will alternate from there.”
And it now looks this news will be made official later today with word from the PGA of America.
European Team captain, Padraig Harrington said the biennial event might have to “take one for the team” by playing it without fans.
And one of those ‘loudly’ behind postponing this year’s competition is current World No 1 Rory McIlroy.
“I see it being pushed back until 2021, and honestly, I think that will be the right call.”
It looks now McIlroy will get his wish.
The Ryder Cup, which was first staged in 1927 and is played every other year, was not played from 1939 through 1945 — a period of four Cups — because of World War II. It was postponed one other time in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The tournament was pushed back a year, and the Presidents Cup followed.
“I want a Ryder Cup with full capacity,” England’s Paul Casey said last month as this decision loomed.
“I want it with screaming fans. I saw the headlines. … I fully support that. Even as a European, knowing how loud that would be for the American team, that’s what I want. We want to play a Ryder Cup in that environment, in that cauldron, and [postponing] is the right thing to do.”
