PGA Tour Champions combines 2020, 2021 seasons due to COVID-19

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Woody Austin shakes hands with Jerry Kelly to congratulate him on the win on the green of the 18th hole at the Ally Challenge, a stop on the PGA Tour Champions, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc Township, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

The PGA Tour Champions, which already has cancelled eight tournaments because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has decided to combine 2020 and 2021 into one season.

Tour president Miller Brady says combining two seasons into one is the best solution.

The 50-and-older circuit is scheduled to resume with the Ally Challenge in Michigan on July 31. That would be the first of 13 events remaining this year, barring any delays. The PGA Tour Champions already has lost two majors, the U.S. Senior Open and the Senior PGA Championship, and is waiting to hear the fate of the Senior British Open.

Because of the combined seasons, the post-season events will have 81-player fields and a Charles Schwab Cup champion will not be decided until 2021.

The tour will announce the 2021 schedule later this year.

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