PGA Tour Heads to Sin City

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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas…unless you play on the PGA Tour over the next two weeks.

Thanks to some scheduling changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PGA Tour is taking up residency in Sin City over the next two weeks as it continues the fall slate of its 2020-2021 wraparound season.

This week, the Tour heads to Las Vegas for its annual stop at TPC Summerlin for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Next week, though, is where things get interesting.

Due to the pandemic, the Asian Swing, typically the centerpiece of the Tour’s fall slate, had to get drastically changed this year. The CJ Cup, typically contested in Korea at Nine Bridges has been moved to Vegas this year and will be contested at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. Shadow Creek was the location of the first exhibition match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. The following week, the Tour will hold the ZoZo Championship, where Woods is the defending champion. However, instead of its traditional location of Japan, the 2020 edition will be held at Sherwood Country Club in California. In addition, the WGC-HSBC Champions, held in China was pulled of the schedule entirely this year, making the Bermuda Championship a full-field event.

All this is part of an unprecedented 2020-2021 schedule, including the fall slate, that will feature six majors including two editions of the Masters and U.S. Open. The first of the two U.S. Opens was won by Bryson DeChambeau back in September. The first of the two Masters will be contested next month.