Golf fans will be allowed to watch a PGA Tour event for the first time since the coronavirus shutdown at next month’s Memorial Tournament in Ohio.
The tour resumes next week with the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas, but the first five events will be played behind closed doors.
The Memorial Tournament, founded by 18-time major winner Jack Nicklaus, takes place from 16-19 July at Muirfield Village.
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The event said the move was confirmed after it was given “state approval”, with tournament organisers saying they were looking forward to being “an example of how public gathering events can be developed and implemented with approved and accepted protocols in place”.
The PGA Tour has been suspended since 12 March after all professional golf was stopped because of the pandemic.
