R&A hoping to conduct The Open and women’s British Open in July-August

The 149th Open Championship at Royal St George’s Golf Course is due to be played from July 16-19 while the women’s British Open at Royal Troon is scheduled for Aug. 20-23. The year’s first two majors — the Masters (April 9-12) and the PGA Championship (May 14-17) — have already been postponed due to the outbreak along with several European Tour events. “We have some time before we start building the infrastructure at both venues and so we are keeping the scheduled dates in place for The Open and Women’s British Open at this point,” R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said in a statement.