SOUTHPORT, England — Seventeen years after Turnberry hosted the Open Championship, there’s no timetable for when it might have the privilege again.
R&A CEO Mark Darbon told Front Office Sports after his pre-tournament press conference Wednesday ahead of this week’s Open at Royal Birkdale, that there has been “good discussion” with Turnberry officials, but it’s still undecided whether or when the Scottish club could host another Open.
“Our teams have actually been up there recently to do some feasibility work—that’s not unusual, we do that at a lot of our venues,” Darbon said. “Getting good dialogue, but nothing substantial to report.”
The next available date is the 2029 Open. Next year, the Open will be played at St Andrews, and in 2028 at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
Turnberry hosted the Open in 2009—five years before it was purchased for $60 million by the Trump Organization, which is the parent company of U.S. President Donald Trump’s worldwide real estate portfolio.
