R&a In Dialogue With Muirfield Over Open Return

Chief executive Mark Darbon says nan R&A are having "ongoing dialogue" pinch Muirfield pinch a position to returning nan Open Championship to nan Gullane course.

Darbon besides says location are "challenges" pinch bringing nan arena backmost to Turnberry.

Royal Lytham & St Annes will big nan Open successful 2028, pinch this year's 154th tourney taking spot astatine Royal Birkdale and adjacent year's staging astatine The Old Course astatine St Andrews.

Muirfield will big this year's Women's Amateur Championship from 22-27 June.

"We've sewage a awesome ongoing speech pinch Muirfield," Darbon said.

"There are immoderate things we request to flooded to facilitate a modern Open Championship - nan believe crushed is 1 of those, on pinch a fewer on-course infrastructural points."

On US President Donald Trump's Turnberry, Darbon commented: "We really for illustration nan play course.

"But location are challenges astir staging a modern Open - chiefly road, obstruction and accommodation infrastructure."