The decision to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics has sent a ripple effect across the sports world and the game of golf will certainly be impacted.
Tuesday’s announcement that the Tokyo games would be postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 will create some logistical hurdles for golf. The men’s and women’s golf competitions were set to take place July 30-August 8 at Kasumigaseki Country Club in the suburbs of Tokyo. With the Olympics being pushed back a year, two questions immediately arise: 1) What will qualifying for 2021 look like? And, 2) how will the 2020 professional golf schedule be impacted?