2020 women's asian champions trophy, and 2020 women's hockey junior asia cup were postponed. the 2020 sultan azlan shah cup was originally postponed to 24 september. but on 2 may the sultan azlan shah cup was officially cancelled. figure skating 2019–20 season the 2020 world junior championships, held on 2–8 march in tallinn, estonia, were the last major event to be held amid rising concerns about the pandemic. all remaining events on the season calendar, including the world championships, were cancelled. the 2020 world championships, originally scheduled for 16–22 march 2020 in montreal, canada, were first postponed on 11 march by the quebec health ministry. on 12 april 2020, isu vice-president for figure skating, alexander lakernik, told media that the chances of rescheduling the championship were slim, due to the ongoing pandemic. the isu confirmed a complete cancellation of the event, with no chance of postponement to a later date, on 16 april 2020. 2020–21 season the 2020–21 isu junior grand prix series was cancelled on 20 july 2020. over half of the events of the 2020–21 isu challenger series were either also cancelled by the host federations or postponed to an unspecified later date. the challenger series events were held as individual events, and thus did not award prize money based on overall series rank. the 2020–21 isu grand prix of figure skating events were heavily modified to accommodate ongoing travel restrictions and the series' culminating event, the 2020–21 grand prix final, was postponed from its original date of 10–13 december in beijing, china. on 14 october 2020, the second event in the grand prix series, the 2020 skate canada international, was cancelled by the host federation. on 19 october 2020, the fourth event in the series, the 2020 internationaux de france, was also cancelled. in november, the grand prix final was first removed from being held in china altogether, before being definitively cancelled on 10 december 2020. on 16 october 2020, the isu announced the cancellation of the 2021 four continents championships. on 24 november 2020, the 2021 world junior championships were also cancelled. on 10 december 2020, the 2021 european championships became the third isu championships event of the season to be cancelled. the 2021 world championships were held as scheduled despite concerns from athletes, fans, and media, with covid-19 protocols in place. during the event, two athletes and an unknown third person tested positive for covid-19, with at least one other athlete testing positive in the weeks following the competition. several countries postponed or cancelled their national championships. u.s. figure skating relocated the 2021 u.s. championships to be able to create an isolated bubble environment similar to that of 2020 skate america, both of which were held at orleans arena in las vegas. due to skaters' limited availability to travel to competitions, the isu announced that isu world standings and season's world ranking points would not be awarded at early season events, including the isu challenger series and the isu grand prix. scores earned at the domestic grand prix events also did not count as official isu scores for the purposes of achieving minimum tes requirements or as personal/season's bests. 2021–22 season the 2021–22 isu junior grand prix series was largely held as scheduled – the second event was relocated from canada to france – but several countries were unable to attend certain stops due to travel restrictions, resulting in the creation of a reallocation process for quota spots on a case-by case basis. other federations, including the japan skating federation and the chinese skating association, chose to forego the series entirely. similarly, the 2021–22 isu challenger series was also able to largely take place as scheduled, with the exception of the cancelled 2021 cs nepela memorial; however, several events were unable to attract a sufficient number of entries to qualify challenger status. on 16 august 2021, the isu announced the cancellation of 2021 cup of china, citing the limited number of international flights to china and strict covid-19 pandemic restrictions. the isu announced the 2021 gran premio d'italia as the replacement event on 27 august after asking for applications from alternate hosts. on 2 december, the isu announced the postponement of the 2021–22 grand prix final and junior grand prix final in osaka, due to travel restrictions imposed by the japanese government in response to the newly discovered omicron variant. the isu left open the possibility that the event could be rescheduled near the end of the season, but ultimately announced on 17 december that the grand prix had been cancelled in full, as it was "impossible to find a solution to maintain this event". on 13 september 2021, the chinese skating association withdrew from hosting the 2022 four continents championships. the proximity of the event in timing and location to the 2022 winter olympics raised questions over whether the olympics could be safely held by china. the isu again asked for other isu members to apply as alternative hosts. after receiving no applications from eligible members, the isu relocated the event – intended for non-european skaters – to tallinn, estonia, the host of the 2022 european championships, with the intent to hold four continents in the same venue on its original dates (a week after europeans). several countries postponed or cancelled their national championships, including australia and china, for a second consecutive season. futsal on 9 march 2020, fifa and afc announced that the 2020 afc futsal championship in ashgabat was postponed to 5–16 august. gaelic football on 17 march, the gaelic athletic association (gaa) confirmed that the opening fixture of the 2020 all-ireland senior football championship—due to have taken place at gaelic park in the bronx on 3 may—had been postponed. golf many elite golf tournaments, both professional and amateur, have either been postponed or canceled in response to the pandemic, including the major championships. on 13 march, it was announced that the masters tournament (scheduled for 9–12 april) had been postponed. the 2020 pga championship (scheduled for 11–17 may) was postponed the following week. on 6 april, the r&a announced the cancellation of the 2020 open championship, the first cancellation since world war ii. this was soon followed by the usga announcing the rescheduling of the 2020 u.s. open from 18 to 21 june to 17–20 september (the week before the 2020 ryder cup, which itself was postponed for a year when organizers chose cancellation to playing the event behind closed doors) and to 12–15 november for the masters (the first ever iteration of the tournament to be played in november) and 6–9 august for the pga championship. the ladies majors have been similarly affected, with the lpga tour postponing the ana inspiration until september. on 12 march 2020, midway through the first round of the 2020 players championship, the pga tour announced that the remainder of the tournament and the next three events, the valspar championship, wgc match play, and the valero texas open, would continue without fan attendance. subsequently, after completion of the day's play, the tour decided to cancel the remainder of tournament and the three following events. on 17 march, the tour announced the cancellation of all scheduled tournaments through 10 may. the european tour have also cancelled or postponed many tournaments, mostly those scheduled from mid-march through to the end of may, including the irish open, a rolex series event. the ladies european tour originally postponed the 2020 evian championship, originally scheduled for 23–26 july, to 6–9 august, but on 9 june announced that the tournament (one of two women's majors outside of the united states) had been cancelled. the women's open championship was still played, despite the cancellation of its parent men's event. other leading professional tours have announced similar measures, as have the bodies responsible for organising leading amateur events. on 1 april, the r&a and the usga jointly announced that the curtis cup was being postponed until 2021, and the british men's and women's amateur championships were being rescheduled from june to august. the lpga tour have canceled three tournaments and postponed five others including the ana inspiration, and the japan lpga tour cancelled twelve tournaments scheduled from march into may. on 16 april 2020, the pga tour announced a condensed schedule for a proposed resumption of play on 11 june with the charles schwab challenge in fort worth, texas. it aims to play most of the remaining tournaments of the 2019–20 season (preserving at least three quarters of the original schedule in total), concluding with the fedex cup playoffs and the season-ending tour championship on labor day weekend, followed immediately by the beginning of the 2020–21 season (which will have a modified early-season schedule to accommodate the rescheduled majors) with the safeway open. officials planned the events behind closed doors, although most events were held at courses with residences and/or rental units, and residents were allowed to "attend" the events from their yards on their property, or in the case of the rbc heritage, from boats traveling the calibogue sound. spectators were expected to return for the memorial tournament, but on 14 july it was announced that the remaining tournaments of the 2019–20 season would be played behind closed doors. the extra delay was intended to give the tour more time for preparations, as well as take advantage of weeks opened by the cancellation and postponements of majors and the summer olympics; only one of the three remaining majors—the pga championship—fell within the remainder of the 2019–20 season's schedule. the sanford international in sioux falls, south dakota, a pga tour champions event in september, became the first pga tour-sanctioned event to allow spectators since the pandemic. the corales puntacana resort and club championship became the first tournament with a pro-am since the pandemic, the 2020 bermuda championship was the first tournament with spectators on the premier tour (500 spectators per day), and the houston astros foundation's vivint houston open was the first domestic tournament to allow spectators (2,000 per day). the pga tour then began allowing spectators at the phoenix open in february 2021, where by march all pga tour events were open to spectators. a charity skins game, taylormade driving relief, was held 17 may at seminole golf club in juno beach, florida, featuring rory mcilroy, dustin johnson, rickie fowler and matthew wolff; simulcast by nbc, golf channel, and nbcsn, it was the first televised event at seminole, and the first in the united states since the suspension of pga tour play. a sequel to tiger woods and phil mickelson's 2018 match play event the match, the match: champions for charity, was announced for 24 may in a simulcast across warnermedia entertainment networks, with the two participating in a four-ball match at medalist golf club in hobe sound, florida, with nfl quarterbacks peyton manning and tom brady as their respective partners. fox sports opted out of its 12-year contract to broadcast the championships of the usga and sold the rights to nbc sports, with reports suggesting that fox did not want to work around programming conflicts with its nfl and college football coverage, and that the usga vetoed a proposal to move the tournament entirely to pay television channel fox sports 1. recreational golf has also been affected, with many countries and regions ordering the closure of golf clubs and courses. to enforce social distancing, regulations may require golf clubs to stagger tee times or restrict how services such as pro shops and golf carts are used. the game was played under no-touch rules. ball washers and bunker rakes were decommissioned and "pin in" rules were placed on the green. to accommodate no-touch golf, holes were modified with an elevated rim or made shallow with a piece of foam (most often a cut pool noodle) or drain pipe or a safety plate. some courses deployed a lift system that could be lifted with a putter head. if the edge of the hole was above the ground level, the ball is deemed to have been holed if the ball comes in contact with the raised rim or cylinder. on 5 june 2021, after completion of the third round of the memorial tournament on the pga tour, jon rahm was notified that he had tested positive for covid-19. rahm was leading the memorial tournament by 6 strokes before having to withdraw due