R&A announces revised dates and venues for 2021 Amateur Championships
The Men’s Home Internationals and Girls’ U16 Amateur Championship have been postponed because on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the R&A have confirmed.
Royal Dornoch was meant to have staged one of the crowning events in the amateur season in April, but the tournament will now be played from September 15 to 17 at a venue yet to be confirmed.
The Girls’ U16s has now been moved to October 21 to 23 and will still be staged at Enville.
Phil Anderton, the R&A’s chief development officer, said: “There is still a degree of uncertainty as to when the current health and safety measures throughout Great Britain and Ireland will be eased and so we have decided to reschedule both events until later this year when hopefully the situation with the pandemic has improved.”
2021 R&A Amateur Championships and International Matches
May 8-9: The Walker Cup, Seminole, USA
June 7-12: Women’s Amateur Championship, Kilmarnock (Barassie)
June 14-19: Amateur Championship, Nairn and Nairn Dunbar
June 25 and 26: Vagliano Trophy and Junior Vagliano Trophy, Lausanne, Switzerland
July 6-9: Senior Amateur Championship, Ganton
July 7-9: Women’s Senior Amateur Championship, Ashridge
August 4-6: Home Internationals, Woodhall Spa
August 10-14: Girls’ Amateur Championship, Fulford
August 10-15: Boys’ Amateur Championship, Royal Cinque Ports and Prince’s
August 26-28: The Curtis Cup, Conwy
August 27-28: Jacques Leglise Trophy, Falsterbo, Sweden
September 15-17: Men’s Home Internationals, venue to be confirmed
October 7-10: Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship, Pattaya, Thailand
October 21-23: Girls’ Under-16 Amateur Championship, Enville
November 18-21: Women’s Amateur Latin America Championship, Pilar Golf, Argentina
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