{"id":37960,"date":"2020-07-04T05:29:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T05:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=37960"},"modified":"2020-07-04T05:29:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T05:29:19","slug":"hero-indian-open-2020-stands-cancelled-due-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=37960","title":{"rendered":"Hero Indian Open 2020 stands cancelled due to Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36999\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/golf-icon-isn.jpg\" alt=\"golf icon isn\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/golf-icon-isn.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/golf-icon-isn-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> Keeping the health and safety of everyone as top most priority in view of the current situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian Golf Union, the national body for golf in India, today announced the cancellation of the Hero Indian Open 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made following consultation with the sanctioning partner, the European Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The Hero Indian Open 2020 was earlier postponed from March to later in the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lt Gen D Anbu (Retd), Acting President, Indian Golf Union, said, \u201cIt was a very difficult decision, but the right one under the present circumstances of the ongoing pandemic. With no likelihood of any respite in the foreseeable future, safeguarding the health and well-being of all players, officials and spectators is of paramount importance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank Dr. Pawan Munjal, Chairman and CEO, Hero MotoCorp Ltd. for his continued patronage, and the European Tour and Asian Tour for their support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Hero Indian Open was established by the Indian Golf Union in 1964. It is one of the oldest running international sports events in India. Considered one of the flagship events in Asia, the event got a new title sponsor in 2005 when Hero MotoCorp stepped in and they have supported it since then.<\/p>\n<p>The Hero Indian Open has been a European Tour-sanctioned tournament since 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36999\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/golf-icon-isn.jpg\" alt=\"golf icon isn\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/golf-icon-isn.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/golf-icon-isn-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> Keeping the health and safety of everyone as top most priority in view of the current situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian Golf Union, the national body for golf in India, today announced the cancellation of the Hero Indian Open 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made following consultation with the sanctioning partner, the European Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The Hero Indian Open 2020 was earlier postponed from March to later in the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hero Indian Open 2020 stands cancelled due to Covid-19 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=37960\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hero Indian Open 2020 stands cancelled due to Covid-19 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Keeping the health and safety of everyone as top most priority in view of the current situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian Golf Union, the national body for golf in India, today announced the cancellation of the Hero Indian Open 2020. 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