JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The annual City Golf Championship at Berkley Hills Golf Course has been canceled for this year.
The three-round event was scheduled to take place next Friday through Sunday at the City of Johnstown-owned course in Upper Yoder Township.
"Honestly, the main reason is just very low sign-ups," Derek Hayes, manager of Berkley Hills, said. "Unfortunately, they have been kinda decreasing over the last couple years. We just hit a point this year where it's so low that I just think it's not even going to be a tournament. Having 10-ish people in an event really doesn't constitute a tournament. So that just kinda made it a relatively easy decision to have to cancel.
"I'm not a huge fan of it, but you obviously can't force people to play, so there's not much control we have in that aspect."
The tournament began in 1938.
The three-round event was scheduled to take place next Friday through Sunday at the City of Johnstown-owned course in Upper Yoder Township.
"Honestly, the main reason is just very low sign-ups," Derek Hayes, manager of Berkley Hills, said. "Unfortunately, they have been kinda decreasing over the last couple years. We just hit a point this year where it's so low that I just think it's not even going to be a tournament. Having 10-ish people in an event really doesn't constitute a tournament. So that just kinda made it a relatively easy decision to have to cancel.
"I'm not a huge fan of it, but you obviously can't force people to play, so there's not much control we have in that aspect."
The tournament began in 1938.
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