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2020 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE PLAYED AT

TPC HARDING PARK WITHOUT SPECTATORS

Brooks Koepka Goes for Rare Three-peat in
First Men’s Major Championship of the Year

2020 PGA 챔피언십 관중 없이 TPC 하딩 파크에서 개최 예정

브룩스 캡카, 2020년 첫번째 남자 메이저 대회 3연속 우승 도전

ALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (June 22, 2020) 一 The to San Francisco,” said San Francisco Mayor London
PCity of San Francisco and the PGA of America today N. Breed. “We are able to safely take this step toward
announced that the 2020 PGA Championship, in which reopening because of the ongoing sacrifices of our
two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka aims citizens, the continued committed work of our health-
for a historic three-peat, will be contested without care workers and the early action we took to battle CO-
spectators on-site, August 3-9 at TPC Harding Park in VID-19.”
San Francisco. The PGA of America will continue to monitor COV-
The decision to play golf’s first men’s major champion- ID-19 developments and work in concert with the state
ship of 2020 without spectators was made in coordina- of California and San Francisco city and county public
tion with the state of California and city and county health authorities and the Centers for Disease Control
of San Francisco, with the health and well-being of all & Prevention through Championship Week.
involved as the top priority. “We are both inspired and honored to ‘play on,’” said
“We are thrilled to welcome the PGA Championship PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh. “In doing so, we will

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