by Says Trump Turnberry’s general manager LIV Golf will never attend the Ailsa course, according to a report.
Nic Oldham told Mirror Sport that the resort, which has been owned by Donald Trump since 2014, will only host R&A events.
LIV Golf has not yet announced its full schedule for the 2025 season, although it has already confirmed the breakaway tour will return to Adelaide, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The Saudi-backed league has also confirmed the details for its promotional event in December.
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“We never want to put ourselves in a position of not getting the Open back by hosting another event there,” Oldham told the publication.
“It would just be an R&A recognized event – boys, girls, amateur, Walker Cup, Curtis Cup – all R&A.”
Trump Turnberry has been removed from The Open roster since 2021 following the riots in the US capital involving Trump.
Outgoing R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers has repeatedly reiterated that golf’s oldest major will never return to Turnberry until the governing body is certain the focus will be solely on the major.
In other words, there needs to be a change of ownership.
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“Until we are confident that the coverage at Turnberry is about golf, the golf course and the championship, we will not bring any of our championships back there,” Slumbers said.
There have also been reports that R&A officials now consider Turnberry too small to host the major.
The 2024 edition of The Open at Royal Troon attracted a record-breaking attendance of 258,174.
This represented an increase of more than 70,000 on the 2016 Open, which was also held at Troon.
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The Open will probably go to Portmarnock
It is almost certain that Portmarnock will become the first golf course outside the UK to host an Open.
Earlier this week, Golf Ireland confirmed that the government had given the green light for financial support.
It was reported that around £30m to £33m of public money would be invested in infrastructure to welcome the major.
No dates have been set yet, but it is likely that the Women’s Open will come to Portmarnock in 2029.
The men will follow within five years.
The R&A brought the Walker Cup to Portmarnock in 1991 and the Amateur Championship was also held three years ago.
The R&A also previously excluded Portmarnock from open scrutiny because the club only allowed men to join.
That has changed in 2021.
