The Hero Indian Open, scheduled to take place from March 19-22 at DLF Golf and Country Club in New Delhi, has become the latest European Tour event to be pulled for the schedule due to the ongoing threat posed by the spread of the coronavirus.
The decision was made following consultation between the Indian Golf Union, the tournament’s co-sanctioning partners – the European Tour and the Asian Tour – and the tournament title sponsor Hero MotoCorp Ltd, after the latest public health travel advisories announced by the Indian government.
All parties are looking into the possibility of rescheduling the tournament at some point later in the year, but with three other European Tour events already postponed to date, it seems unlikely that it will take place in 2020.
Keith Pelley, Chief Executive of the European Tour said: “In these difficult global circumstances, we fully understand and appreciate the recent restrictions introduced in respect of travel into India. As these new measures now prevent many members of both Tours being able to play in the tournament, everyone involved in the staging of the Hero Indian Open felt it was the correct decision to postpone the tournament.”