PGA Tour to impose two

Professional golfers and caddies living outside the United States, including those in Great Britain and Ireland, have been told by the PGA Tour they will have to fulfil a two-week quarantine period in America before playing in tournaments.

With the pros expected to undergo the same period of segregation when they return to the UK, it would require them to spend a month in quarantine.

That scenario has already put off Tommy Fleetwood from entering the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas, which on June 11 is due to become the first significant men’s tournament to be held since the game went into lockdown on March 12.

On Wednesday, Lee Westwood, the world No  31, confirmed to Telegraph Sport that unless these regulations change he will likely miss the US PGA, the first major of the season, on Aug 6-9.

When asked if he would play in the World Golf Championship event in Memphis and then the US PGA the week after, Westwood said: “Probably not. I’ve got the British Masters the week before Memphis and I figure that if there are still those conditions in place, I shouldn’t be travelling that far. There is more to life than golf. There has to be a balance between moving forward and still limiting exposure.”

The British Masters, of which Westwood is host, is expected to be the first European Tour event to be staged since the start of March. After that tournament, on July 23-26 in the plush surrounds of Close House, Newcastle, the Tour is planning to stage a run of events in Britain in order to get around the two-week quarantine dilemma.