2021 British Open at Royal St. George's

[iacas]

Statement from The R&A | The Open in 2020 to be Cancelled

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Read a statement from the R&A regarding the cancellation of The Open in 2020 at Royal St George's.

 

[David in FL]

Well, crap.

Not surprising though.

[Bonvivant]

5 hours ago, David in FL said:

Well, crap.

Not surprising though.

Surprising to me since the other 3 majors are rescheduled. I guess with weather across the pond it makes some sense, but it is definitely a disappointment.

[Patch]

Did R&A really cancell the Ooen Championship?

Too bad if they did, but not really surprising. 

[Piz]

I'm afraid so @Patch.  The decision to do so was announced on April 6th.  

[Patch]

On 8/25/2020 at 11:44 AM, Piz said:

I'm afraid so @Patch.  The decision to do so was announced on April 6th.  

Yeah my bad. I don't follow the news media much anymore. Sports, or other wise. Didn't read the date on the article. 2021 it is. 

[colin007]

On 8/25/2020 at 1:48 PM, Patch said:

Did R&A really cancel the Open Championship?

Too bad if they did, but not really surprising. 

AFAIK, it's still September 17-20 at Winged Foot. I don't the R&A has any jurisdiction over The Open.

[dennyjones]

3 minutes ago, colin007 said:

AFAIK, it's still September 17-20 at Winged Foot. I don't the R&A has any jurisdiction over The Open.

US Open / British Open:   (The Open)    It seems as though most of the golf world is now calling the British Open "The Open"

[iacas]

4 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

US Open / British Open:   (The Open)    It seems as though most of the golf world is now calling the British Open "The Open"

Nah. Only the people who like to sound elitist or why buy into what the R&A is trying to brainwash people into thinking. The British Open was barely a major for a decade or two there.

[Beastie]

On 8/29/2020 at 11:28 PM, iacas said:

Nah. Only the people who like to sound elitist or why buy into what the R&A is trying to brainwash people into thinking. The British Open was barely a major for a decade or two there.

Nah, it’s called The Open because it was the first of its kind. Started in 1860. Golf wasn’t high on the agenda for the Americans back then due to political and military issues. 

[iacas]

10 hours ago, Beastie said:

Nah, it’s called The Open because it was the first of its kind. Started in 1860. Golf wasn’t high on the agenda for the Americans back then due to political and military issues. 

And throughout much of the 1900s, it was called "The British Open."

In the UK you guys might have called it "the Open" but in the U.S., "the Open" is our national championship.

Your trophy doesn't even say "open championship" on it, while the U.S. Open trophy does.

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I'm not getting into this debate again. The R&A even called it the British Open for a good stretch of time, but has lately tried to re-brand it as "The Open" or "Open Championship."

There are a lot of "open championships."

The two that are majors: The British Open and the U.S. Open.