The Open is officially canceled.
The R&A announced Monday that the oldest major championship in golf, scheduled for July 16-19, will not be played at all in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Masters and PGA Championship were both postponed last month in response to the growing outbreak, The Open is the first major to be canceled since 1945 when all but the PGA Championship were called off because of World War II.
This is the 13th time that The Open has not been contested since the tournament began in 1860. All but one of those previous cancellations were attributed to either World War I or World War II.