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Paul Casey: Tours will need to address eligibility if hiatus extends

Paul Casey was supposed to spend this week chasing a three-peat in the Snake Pit.

The Englishman won the Valspar Championship each of the last two years, and he was eager to return to Innisbrook for a chance to become the first player since Steve Stricker in 2011 to win the same PGA Tour event for a third straight year. But those plans, like many in the game and around the world, were scrapped by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Casey is now on an indefinite hiatus, along with nearly every other professional golfer around the world. The PGA Tour is not expected to return to competition until May 21 at the earliest, while the European Tour has canceled or postponed all events until May 28.