DUBLIN, Ohio – The LPGA Tour is ready to get back to work for the first time in nearly six months with a plan that includes saliva testing for the coronavirus and no illusions the rest of the year will go smoothly.The LPGA Tour was last played on Feb.
16 when Inbee Park won the Women's Australian Open. Three tournaments in Asia were halted, and then the COVID-19 pandemic shut down sports.Four of the five majors were moved to later in the year — the Evian Championship in France was canceled — and the tour already has lost 13 tournaments.
Some of those canceled events, in a show of support for the tour, have pitched in financially to help those that can play.“I fully believe we'll lose another event or two or three along the way,”.