British Open canceled for the first time since World War II [View all]
Source: Washington Post
Golf
British Open canceled for the first time since World War II
By Cindy Boren and Matt Bonesteel
April 6, 2020 at 10:45 a.m. EDT
With “a heavy heart,” British Open officials announced the cancellation of the 2020 tournament, following in the footsteps of Wimbledon officials who canceled the tennis tournament because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“It is with a heavy heart that we have to cancel The Open for the first time since World War II,” officials said in a statement. “We appreciate that this will be disappointing for a great many people, but we have to act responsibly during this pandemic and it is the right thing to do.”
One of golf’s majors, the tournament was set to begin July 16 at Royal St. George’s Golf Club just outside London; Wimbledon had been scheduled for June 29 to July 12 in London. The tournament last was canceled in 1945, because of World War II.
It will be contested next year at Royal St. George’s.
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Cindy Boren arrived at The Post in 2000 as an assignment editor in charge of baseball and NFL/Redskins coverage. She switched to full-time writing, focusing on national sports stories and issues, when she founded The Early Lead blog in 2010. Follow
Matt Bonesteel spent the first 17 years of his Washington Post career writing and editing. In 2014, Bonesteel pivoted from the newspaper to online and now he blogs for the Early Lead and other Web-based products owned by The Post. Follow
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