Golf-Australia cancels men's and women's Opens due to COVID-19


  • Golf
  • Thursday, 14 Oct 2021

FILE PHOTO: Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland looks on during a news conference at a hotel in Sandton, South Africa March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia has cancelled its men's and women's Open tournaments in a hammer blow for the struggling domestic game as COVID-19 and travel restrictions continue to bite.

Organisers had planned a late-January, early-February window for the men's Australian Open in Sydney after its original November schedule proved untenable.

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