Organizers, golfers and cadres will have to test twice, fly separately, at the designated hotel for three weeks to attend the LPGA Tour Asia event group.
The HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore kicked off on April 29. This event marks the first time the LPGA Tour has held the tournament in the world’s most populous continent, from November 2019. After that, the LPGA Tour will go to the Golden Temple country, with Honda LPGA Thailand from May 6-9.
Park Inbee is bored because she hasn’t been out for 40 hours on the way from Los Angeles to Singapore. But she understood that this was a necessary anti-epidemic measure for the LPGA Tour to return to Asia. Image: Golf Digest
Only individual golfers and cadres can participate in these two stages. Before the flight, all had to be negative during the April 23 Covid-19 test – the penultimate Los Angeles Open round, and downloaded “TraceTogether” – an application by the Singapore government from October 2020 that requires all users during your stay. They will be re-tested upon arrival at Changi airport or designated hotel, and then entered into an isolated residence. Dinner will be served in the room, while the only means of transportation is a shuttle bus from the hotel to the courtyard and vice versa.
“We flew more than 17 hours. When we landed, we went directly to the hotel, tested and then we could beolate in the room for another 12-14 hours. For a total of a week of fighting, at least 30 hours of confinement in the house. Covid-19. Detention is annoying, but because of public health we have to adhere to it, “said Park Inbee – former number one female world (Rolex Rankings table). On the LPGA Tour, Park owned seven major out of 21 championships, including two wins from the HSBC Women’s World Championship.
After Singapore, the host organization rents private jets for members to travel to Thailand and assigns safe flights from the US. The anti-epidemic barrier for this stage only lacks the need to install a nCoV trace application.
From the beginning of 2021 until now, the new LPGA Tour has hit six races, all in the US. During that time, the individuals involved tested twice before entering the match site, which must be negative prior to departure and further screening upon arrival. At this time, the golfer participating in the tournament can go to the practice area or work outside until receiving negative results. After that, they are allowed to enter the restaurant to receive takeaway meals, either to stay in the yard or to their own accommodation.
Do Covid-19, LPGA Tour 2020 canceled the entire “Asia program”, with successive prizes in Thailand, Singapore, Hainan Island in February, Shanghai, Busan (Korea), Taiwan – China, Japan from the second half of October to the beginning of November.
This season, they leave the back part of the Asian schedule open.
Quoc Huy (according to Golf Digest)
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