EAST PROVIDENCE — Golf courses around the state and locally have attempted to offer some semblance of normalcy during the COVID-19 crisis by remaining open while adhering to the social …
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Golf courses around the state and locally have attempted to offer some semblance of normalcy during the COVID-19 crisis by remaining open while adhering to the social distancing and sanitary guidelines put into place by Gov. Gina Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Health.
Though the Rhode Island Golf Association has canceled its sponsored events through the middle of May, member courses have enacted the mandates to allow for both public and member play, including both the Agawam Hunt Club and Metacomet Country Club. Wannamoisett also is still accepting members-only play and just those who are residents of the state. And the city’s unique gem of the sport, Silver Spring Golf Course, likewise is accepting the paying public for rounds over its six holes off Pawtucket Avenue.
As listed on the RIGA website, further down the East Bay, Montaup in Tiverton and Newport National on the Portsmouth-Middletown line are both open as well. Green Valley, in Portsmouth, also appears to be accepting limited play.
The following is a capsule of measures in place until further notice:
Clubs
Golfers
Other guidelines put into place by the state departments of Health and Business Regulation include:
2020 RIGA schedule
In a statement on its website, the RIGA is canceling all events through May 15 due to COVID-19. The intention is to reschedule each one. Decisions regarding events after May 15 will be determined closer to that time.
The first significant event to be affected by the decision was the 22nd playing of the John P. Burke Memorial Tournament set for Metacomet in city and Wanumetonomy in Middletown on May 4-5. A reschedule date is to be determined.
The next major event still on the schedule is the 71st Four-Ball Championship set for May 19-20 at Potowomut. Also in May, the 26-27, is 26th Senior Four-Ball Championship Net Division at Crestwood in nearby Rehoboth.
The bulk of the RIGA schedule, of course, takes place in the summer, specifically starting in July.
The 99th Junior Amateur Championship is set for Alpine, July 6-9, the 115th Amateur Championship at Pawtucket, July 13-17. The Massachusetts State Amateur is also scheduled for the 13-17 at The Kittansett Club. The following week, July 21-23, the New England Amateur is hoping to tee off at Concord (Mass.) Country Club.
In August, the RIGA majors continue with the 37th Stroke Play Championship at Quinnatisset, Aug. 4-5, with the 89th Rhode Island Open Championship set for Valley Aug. 11-12.
The men’s major championship season then would wind down with the 27th Mid-Amateur Championship at Warwick, Sept. 1-2, and the 62nd Senior Amateur Championship at Triggs Memorial, Sept. 8-9.
The presumed RIGA women’s major championship schedule is: the 99th Junior Amateur, Alpine, July 6-9; Senior Amateur, Valley, July 7; State Amateur, Montaup, July 27-31; and the Stroke Play, Wannamoisett, Aug. 10.
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