The sporting fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues, with The Open cancelled and golf's three other majors rearranged.
Shane Lowry tweet: Obviously Im disapointed that I won't get to defendthe Open championship this year but I feel the RandA have made the right decisions based on people's health and safety. See you all in Royal St George's in 2021"Obviously I'm disappointed that I won't get to defend my title but people's health and safety come before any golf tournament," he said in a video posted on Twitter.
Preparations for staging the Open involve a huge logistical operation and the"build" would have begun soon in Sandwich on the Kent coast. Breaking down the latest news and research to understand how the world is living through an epidemic, this is the ABC's Coronacast podcast.
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