Revamped European Tour with reduced footprint a glimpse of the future

European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley said spectators were not crucial to the bottom line, merely from the point of view of “optics”. Photo: Niall Carson/PA

As European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley unveiled a radically revamped 2020 schedule for the post-pandemic landscape, one thing immediately became clear — the new-look itinerary for the rest of the year is the shape of things to come.