WELLINGTON — The LPGA Tour, the elite women’s professional golf circuit, said on Monday it was cancelling tournaments in Thailand and Singapore later this month due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Honda LPGA Thailand event in Pattaya scheduled for Feb. 20-23 and the Feb. 27-March 1 HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore have both now been cancelled. The LPGA said in a statement it was disappointed to cancel the events but looked forward to returning to Asia soon. It is scheduled to return to Asia in October for tournaments in China, Taiwan and Japan. The virus outbreak has seen Olympic qualifying tournaments for boxing, basketball and women’s soccer postponed, rescheduled or moved from China, while badminton, motor sports, hockey and tennis events have also been affected.

Source: National Post February 10, 2020 02:48 UTC