Canberra golfer Brendan Jones has resigned himself to not playing again in 2020.
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While the Japan Golf Tour was still hoping to run a few tournaments - starting with the Fujisankei Classic in two weeks - a travel ban on Australian's entering Japan means it's unlikely he'll be able to play there this year.
He also felt it was unlikely for the Australian tour to go ahead given the coronavirus outbreaks in Victoria.
It means he'll spend the rest of the year enjoying more time with his kids and taking in his first full Canberra winter in 20 years.
The 45-year-old has been plying his trade in Japan since 2001, where he has 15 tournament wins and more than $14 million in prizemoney.
But with just one tournament planned in September and then a few more in October and November Jones felt it was unlikely he would head to the Land of the Rising Sun this year.
"I'm 99.9 per cent sure I won't be going this year to Japan," he said.
"Those ones that are saying they're going to go ahead could still cancel as well.
"They've lost 80 per cent of the events this year. I can't see any of the foreigners going to play to be honest."
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Could that open the door for Jones to play during the Australian summer?
In the past he has played the Australian Open.
Again, he felt it was unlikely given the second wave of the COVID-19 virus currently causing problems Australia-wide, with travel restricted between states.
"I'm sure if the Aussie events do go ahead [I might play], which I think at this point in time still looks a bit of a long shot if I'm to be honest," Jones said.
"It's pretty hard when you've got Victoria blocked off to the rest of Australia when a lot of the big tournaments are down in Melbourne.
"I think it's going to be very difficult to put on events, but hopefully it can be done and we can get a bit of golf being played again.
"But I've got it in my head it's going to be a golf-free year."
While Jones's place on the Japan Tour is guaranteed in 2021 regardless, it's a bit more up in the air for fellow Canberran Matthew Millar - his ranking determines whether he gets a spot in any given tournament.
The tour's planning to hold another qualifying school this year despite the fact those who earned themselves a spot for the 2020 tour - like Millar - haven't had a chance to play yet.
It means he could fall down the rankings a few spots if the tour opens up again next year.
Millar also thought it was unlikely he'd play in Japan and thought the Australian tour might not be able to go ahead until late January at the earliest - with a string of tournaments through until March or April. Maybe.
"My number is about 32 in the rankings ... I'll probably go back around three or four spots," he said.
"The issue for me is in a normal year and start in April, May and June, through that period I'd expect to get somewhere between three and six tournaments.
"But by going back those three or four spots I could now maybe get somewhere between zero and four tournaments at the most because that's where the numbers fall around that mark.
"So I'm really not too sure how that will affect it."