(Reuters) – Next week’s Vic Open will award three spots into the British Open for the primary time as a part of the Open qualifying collection, organisers mentioned on Thursday.
The announcement comes after Tuesday’s information that the New Zealand Open, which was to be an Open qualifier, had been cancelled as a consequence of considerations over coronavirus-related journey restrictions.
The high three finishers on the Feb. 10-13 Vic Open who usually are not already exempt into the British Open will punch their tickets, offered they end within the top-10 total.
Played on the thirteenth Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Victoria, the Vic Open is organised by Golf Australia and sanctioned by the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia.
“This could be very thrilling information for our match, and such a beautiful alternative for the eligible gamers,” mentioned Golf Australia CEO James Sutherland.
“Thanks to R&A (Royal & Ancient Golf Club) for his or her swift decision-making and help following the unlucky cancellation of the New Zealand Open.”
The British Open is the one one among males’s golf’s 4 main championships performed outdoors the United States.
This 12 months’s championship will likely be performed on July 14-17 at St. Andrews in Scotland, the place the Old Course will host the a hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the R&A-run occasion.
A minimal of 46 locations within the Open can be found via the collection, which gives qualifying alternatives at occasions around the globe.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Adelaide; Editing by Robert Birsel)
