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The 149th British Open, golf’s oldest major championship, was canceled Monday by the R&A, which conducts the tournament. Citing the coronavirus pandemic, officials said that the event, which was scheduled to begin July 16, will be rescheduled for July 15 to 18, 2021, and return to the southeastern coast of England at Royal St. George’s, the course that had been slated to host this year’s tournament.
The championship is the first of golf’s four 2020 men’s major tournaments to be canceled. The others, the United States Open, the P.G.A. Championship and the Masters, are still expected to be rescheduled for later this year.