US EditionTrump's Turnberry Faces Logistical Hurdles for British Open Return
SOUTH AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND, JUL 15 – The Royal and Ancient Golf Club cites limited transport and accommodation capacity as key barriers for Turnberry hosting future Open Championships, despite ongoing talks with the Trump Organization.
- Mark Darbon, the R&A's chief executive, confirmed on July 16, 2025, that President Trump will not host the Open Championship at Turnberry in the near future due to logistical challenges.
- Turnberry’s previous British Open took place in 2009, prior to its acquisition by Trump, and while recent discussions with Trump Golf have been positive, challenges related to transportation and infrastructure have continued to postpone its potential return as a championship venue.
- Darbon emphasized the R&A retains full authority over hosting decisions and that the choice depends on logistical suitability rather than political considerations amid ongoing dialogue with the UK government.
- Royal Portrush expects about 278,000 spectators this week, while Muirfield hosted 142,000 in 2013, illustrating the scale of infrastructure demands for the Open Championship.
- Turnberry remains on the list of potential Open venues pending solutions to logistical challenges, while the R&A pursues alternative sites like Portmarnock, backed by strong government support and optimistic leadership.
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British Open organisers the Royal and Ancient (R&A) refused to rule out a return to US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry course if infrastructure challenges were overcome. The Scottish course, which was bought by Trump in 2014, has not hosted the only major outside the US since 2012. In the wake of the storming of the […] The post British Open could return to Trump’s Turnberry appeared first on Insider Paper.
Trump’s Turnberry faces logistical hurdles for British Open return
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Donald Trump is not getting a British Open to the Turnberry course he owns in the near future, an issue the R&A’s new chief executive said Wednesday was more about transportation than politics. Turnberry is regarded as the most beautiful of the links on the Open rotation, set along the Ayrshire coast in Scotland across from the Ailsa Craig. It last hosted the Open in 2009, before Trump bought the resor…
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