Golf’s oldest major tournament, The Open Championship, will not be played in 2020.
However, in a joint statement representing several golf governing bodies, the PGA Tour did announce the plan to resume tournament play in June along with the rescheduling of the other three men’s majors for 2020.
The 149th Open Championship was scheduled for July 16-19, but the Royal & Ancient — which plans and organizes the event — said it was forced to cancel the event due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The R&A plans to keep the next Open Championship at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, England, the site scheduled to host the event this year. The R&A said it would move to that location in 2021.
“I can assure everyone that we explored every option for playing The Open this year but it is not going to be possible,” said R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers….Read more at Field Level Media