Calgary’s senior PGA Shaw Charity Classic tournament cancelled
Posted Jun 11, 2020 10:42 am.
CALGARY – The PGA Tour Champions’ Shaw Charity Classic in Calgary has been cancelled.
The City of Calgary revoking event permits until Aug. 31, and international travel restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompted organizers of the Aug. 24-30 tournament to call it off.
The Shaw Charity Classic, with the support of the @ChampionsTour, has decided to cancel the 2020 edition of the award-winning professional golf event scheduled for August 24-30, 2020, at Calgary’s @canyonmeadows. #ShawClassic pic.twitter.com/TKJ5HDj8gz
— Shaw Charity Classic (@ShawClassic) June 11, 2020
The Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club tournament is the latest marquee Canadian golf event to fall victim to the pandemic following the PGA’s RBC Canadian Open at St. George’s Golf and Country Club and the MacKenzie Tour, which is the country’s professional development circuit.
The LPGA’s CP Women’s Open Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 at Vancouver’s Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club remains on that tour’s schedule for now.
Rocco Mediate and Fred Couples are among previous winners of the Shaw Charity Classic, which has raised $48 million for 213 youth-based charities in Alberta over its seven-year history.
