‘There’s definitely no change’: Team Europe captain Padraig Harrington insists Ryder Cup WILL go ahead as planned in September despite claims golf showpiece would be postponed a year due to coronavirus outbreak
- Padraig Harrington insists the Ryder Cup will go ahead as planned this year
- Reports suggested that the tournament would be postponed due to coronavirus
- However, Team Europe’s captain dismissed claims it would be put back a year
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Padraig Harrington has dismissed reports that this year’s Ryder Cup will be postponed until 2021 due to the ongoing coronvirus spread.
The three-time Major champion is set to captain Team Europe at the biennial clash in September, where he will look to retain the Ryder Cup following their emphatic victory over the Americans in 2018.
However, the world of sport has grinded to a halt following the growing spread of COVID-19, which left officials with no choice but to cancel The Masters last week.
Padraig Harrington insists the Ryder Cup will go ahead as planned despite COVID-19 outbreak
As a result, The Telegraph reported that Ryder Cup would likely follow a similar fate and would be postponed until next year.
When asked about a postponement, Harrington dismissed the claims before insisting there has been ‘no change’ to plans to host the gold showpiece.
Harrington told Irish radio station Today FM: ‘September is a long way off so there’s no change to the situation at all at this stage.
Harrington will look to retain the Ryder Cup following Europe’s huge victory over USA in 2018
‘I know there’s been some rumours and they had to put out a statement to say there’s been no change but there’s definitely no change.
‘I’m on the inside of these things, normally you’re looking at “anonymous source says this…” but now that I’m on the inside you go wow, it really is made up stuff!
‘There was a big announcement yesterday by the PGA Tour about events being cancelled until May and now the PGA Championship has been postponed as well, so that’s as far as they’ve gotten, until the middle of the May is where they’ve taken steps to.’