DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.: The LPGA announced Wednesday that the 2021 Buick LPGA Shanghai, scheduled to be held Oct. 14-17, stands cancelled “further to the guidance of our partners, the China Golf Association”.
Reason: On-going COVID-19 related travel restrictions.
“We thank SAIC-GM Buick, the China Golf Association, the CLPGA and IMG for all their efforts and look forward to returning to Qizhong Garden Golf Club next year,” and LPGA statement reads.
AP reports that there are two tournaments scheduled for the following weeks in Asia, the BMW Ladies Championship in Busan, South Korea from Oct. 21-24, and the TOTO Japan Classic in Otsu, Japan, from Nov. 4-7.
Another tournament scheduled for the week in between those two events, the Taiwan Swinging Skirts at Taipei, has already been canceled due to similar COVID-19 restrictions.
