Fans will be back for this year’s PGA Championship on Kiawah Island, but far fewer of them than organizers planned.

The PGA of America said Tuesday that the championship at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort will admit spectators at a capacity of about 10,000 a day. Championship week runs May 17-23. Last year’s PGA Championship, at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, was played with no spectators.

The PGA said it set the limit with the state of South Carolina, MUSC Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MUSC Health is the championship’s official medical services provider.

The 2021 championship had already sold out. The PGA will email ticket holders about the status of their orders and will allocate the smaller supply based on each buyer’s original registration group, time of purchase and daily inventory. Buyers who don’t keep their tickets, or who choose to give them up, will get full refunds. The PGA said it cannot refund tickets bought on secondary markets other than pgachampionship.com or PRIMESPORT.

“While we wish we could accommodate the sellout crowds who had purchased tickets, the 2021 PGA Championship will be steeped in gratitude as the best players in the world compete on the historic Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort,” PGA of America President Jim Richerson said in the announcement.

“While crowds will be smaller than originally planned, we know the passion for golf in the Carolinas will create a memorable atmosphere on-course and excitement throughout the region,” he said.

Face coverings will be required for all spectators, staff and volunteers, including people who have been vaccinated, and everyone on site is expected to keep social distance, according to the PGA.

The broadcast audience won’t be limited. CBS Sports, ESPN and ESPN+ will carry the championship, and it will air in 164 countries and territories reaching more than a half-billion households, the PGA said.

Collin Morikawa will defend the title he won in San Francisco. Kiawah’s Ocean Course also hosted the 1991 Ryder Cup, the 2007 Senior PGA Championship and the 2012 PGA Championship, which Rory McIlroy won.