Columbus will host a second PGA Tour event the week before the Memorial Tournament scheduled for July 16-19, according a memo from the PGA Tour that was obtained by ESPN.
The Columbus-based tournament will serve as a fill-in this year for the John Deere Classic, which was scheduled to be held July 9-12 in Silvis, Illinois, but canceled because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
The Memorial, postponed from June 4-7 to the spot once occupied by the canceled British Open, hopes to have spectators at its event but has not been given official clearance to do so.
The new event will also be played at Muirfield Village Golf Club, although it will have a different sponsor, according to the memo.
The PGA Tour is currently building a bubble around players and caddies at all tournament events, and have added charter shuttles for all between sites, so the opportunity to keep players housed in one area for an extended period of time is an attractive one.
The Korn Ferry Tour, for example, is running multiple events in the Jacksonville area to start the season and later moving to San Antonio for consecutive tournaments.
