Virus postpones golf's third major: report

The US Open originally scheduled for June 18-21 at Winged Foot in New York has reportedly been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The event will take place "later in the summer" but the location will not change, the New York Post said, citing sources with knowledge of the USGA's plans.

New York has been hit hard by the outbreak, which has infected over 82,000 people and killed more than 1,000 in the United States so far.

The tournament becomes the third of golf's four major championships affected by the health crisis, after April's Masters and May's PGA Championship were previously postponed.

The PGA Tour, which runs the weekly circuit of non-majors and has less wiggle-room to reschedule, has been shut down through at least mid-May, with nine tournaments cancelled.