By AFP More by this AuthorSYDNEYThis year's Australian Open Golf Championship was postponed Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic but officials said they were hoping to restage the event early in 2021. Melbourne's Kingston Heath Golf Club had been due to host the 105th edition of the historic championship, the world's fifth oldest professional golf tournament, in November. Coupled with COVID-19 travel restrictions and quarantine measures, that means it would be almost impossible to assemble a world-class field in Melbourne. Last year's Australian Open in Sydney was plagued by smoke from unprecedented bushfires. The postponement means 2020 will be the first year since World War II in which the Australian Open will not be held.

Source: Daily Nation July 28, 2020 08:15 UTC