Golf’s Open Championship has been pencilled in for mid-September by the Royal and Ancient. As the Daily Star Sunday exclusively revealed last week, the sport’s governing body were looking at delaying the tournament until later this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak.
And that plan has moved a step closer with Royal St George’s in Sandwich, Kent, now primed to host the 149th Open between September 17-20 - if the Government gives the green light for mass gatherings to resume.
The nearby Bell Hotel, which is always used by R&A officials whenever the Open is held in the South of England, is now completely booked up for ten days from Sep 10.