PGA Tour events will not have fans through end of 2019-2020 season

As had been expected, PGA Tour events have been announcing separately that fans will not be part of the equation for the rest of the 2019-20 slate.

A report from Golf Channel citing multiple sources. said earlier that all events would be played without fans for the rest of the season.

On Monday, the BMW Championship, Wyndham Championship and others all announced the move.

The PGA TOUR and tournament officials have announced the 2020 #BMWCHAMPS will be played without spectators, with all four rounds of the event to be broadcast live, as scheduled, on NBC and the Golf Channel on August 27-30.https://t.co/4xq4Kw3DNQ pic.twitter.com/wbodugTeF0

— BMW Championship (@BMWchamps) July 13, 2020

The 2019-20 season officially ends at the conclusion of the FedEx playoffs — the Tour Championship in Atlanta — meaning the next event that could include fans is the Safeway Open on Sept. 13.

The schedule is obviously jumbled, since the U.S. Open and Masters are both scheduled to be played in what is technically next season, although those events are not run by the PGA Tour. There is no word on whether those events will have fans.