RBC Canadian Open cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Posted April 16, 2020 7:14 am.
Last Updated April 16, 2020 10:58 am.
TORONTO – Another major event on the national sports calendar has been cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The PGA Tour announced today that the RBC Canadian Open won’t be contested this year, as the Tour has been forced to drastically alter its schedule because of the novel coronavirus.
The four-day competition was scheduled to begin June 11 at St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto.
The Canadian Open was first contested in 1904 and is the third-oldest continuously running tournament on the PGA Tour behind the British Open and the U.S. Open.
It’s the first time the tournament has been cancelled since 1944 when it missed a second straight year due to the Second World War.
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy won the title last year at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club. The last Canadian to win the tournament was Pat Fletcher in 1954.
