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Donald Trump has been warned, not only is his controversial personality that prevents the opening to return to Turnberry – but the relatively low income that the location also earns for the R&A.
The US President proudly referred to his ownership of the famous Ayrshire tires during Thursday’s joint press conference alongside Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, in the White House.
And also, also, King Charles in his letter to Trump, personally delivered by Starmer, who invited the 78-year-old to organize an unprecedented second state visit to the UK, also begged him to spend time with him in nearby Dumfries House, “when you are the next visit to Turnberry”.
Previously Mark Austin, the Sky News presenter, reported on X: “I hear about a good authority that is high on the list of what Donald Trump wants from the UK to open in Turnberry.”
However, Mark Darbon, the recently installed R&A Chief Executive, indicates Telegraph On Friday, the administrative body would not be influenced by government requests to appease Trump.
“The core of our decision -making will be the factors that have served us well in the past and we hope that we will continue to serve ourselves well in the future,” he said.
The predecessor of Darbon, Martin Slimbers, continued to give a clear reason why Turnberry-de Course that organized the legendary ‘Duel In The Sun’ from 1977 and most recently the event 2009 where a 59-year-old Tom Watson was almost displayed his glory of 32 years earlier for the British Major, despite the fact that he was on the official Major. “We will not take any events there until we feel at ease that the entire dialogue will go over golf,” Slumbers emphasized Telegraph So recently in November.
Although Darbon is on the same page, he has changed the story in the sense that he has now outlined another problem that the administrative body hesitates to go back to the layout of the Ailsa. It can be honored, but it is also remote without suitable transport connections.
“We need a location that is suitable from both a logistics and commercial perspective,” he said. “That is crucial for us, because we generate the most of our income through the open air and we use that to invest in the rest of the game around the world. So the reality is that a contemporary open requires a location that can support us logistics and commercial.
“So we have a number of questions that we have to work on at the logistics and commercial front. When we were there in 2009, we had a little more than 100,000 [123,0000 spectators] For the week. We work against most of our locations today on comfortable more than double. So it’s not as easy as just saying, “Would we go back?” There is a part of the work that is needed to investigate. “
2024 Throne – 258,0002023 Hoylake – 261,0002022 St Andrews – 290,0002021 Royal ST George’s 128,000 – (Covid Restricted) 2019 Portrush – 237,7502018 Carnoustie – 172,0002017 Birkdale – 2350002016 Throne – 235,0002016 Throne – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 2350002016 – 23500020166,0002016 Hoylake – 203,0002013 Muirfield – 142,0002012 Lytham – 180,0002011 Royal St George’s – 180,0002010 St Andrews – 201,0002009 Turnberry – 123,000
Darbon quickly praised the renovation work that has been carried out since the purchase of Trump in 2014 and called it “spectacular”. But he also strengthened the point of Slimbers, known as stunned when Trump arrived in his helicopter during the first round of the Women’s Open 2015 and continued using the scene as a glorified stop on his election campaign.
‘I think that’s true [what Slumbers said]”Said Darbon, the former CEO of Northampton Saints. “We want the focus on what we think is the largest golf championship in the world and on the search for champion golfer of the year. So yes, that is hard to deny. “
However, he agreed that the door is not closed, even if it is almost impossible to see Turnberry host the British major until after the second term of Trump ends in 2029. For their part, the Trump family insisted that they are ready for the honor and that despite all the worries about the size of the crowd will produce a memorable week.
“Turnberry is considered by everyone the best golf course in the world by the players, the writers, the spectators and the entire golf community,” said Eric Trump, the son of the president, in a statement Telegraph. “If we get the call, and I sincerely hope we do that, I promise the R&A that we will be the best hosts who has ever seen the Open Championship.”
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