The Asian Tour was suspended shortly after the Malaysia Open on March 8 and seven subsequent tournaments have either been postponed or cancelled.

Cho Minn Thant, Asian Tour chief executive, spoke about the restart plans in a webinar hosted by LinksAsia. 

"There’s lots of planning and discussions going on in the background and we think we’ll be back around September," he said.

"I think what we’re experiencing everywhere is a slow return to normal in phases and it’s going to be no different on the Asian Tour.

"First of all, we’ve got to see countries opening up and then we’ve got to see sponsors willing to do business again and sponsor tournaments. 

"Then finally, we have to be able to travel again."

He also revealed that different Tours had been collaborating to come up with solutions.

"We’ve been talking to all the Tours around the world about re-start plans; how we’re going to structure the seasons, when we start up," Cho said.

"Are we going to extend this season? 

"Are we going to stop this season and start over? 

"What are we going to do with members that have their cards this season? 

"When is the official world golf ranking going to start again and what’s the eligibility into the majors that had to be rescheduled? 

"There are weekly conversations on these topics - I guess the new catchword in this time is 'fluid'."

With many Asian Tour players and staff members living under restrictive measures during the pandemic, Cho revealed that he ensured communication levels remained high during the crisis.

"We’re a pretty tightly-knit community at the Asian Tour, so we’ve always got chat rooms going on Facebook and WhatsApp, and I send out a monthly circular to the members," he said.

"They’ve been really good at keeping in touch, sending us little things that we can use on our social media to build content. 

"I think the camaraderie among the Asian Tour staff, players and officials has been really good."