TROON, Scotland – R&A officials don’t intend for there to be a U.S. Open, Dustin Johnson-type rules situation this week at The Open. Or a U.S. Women’s Open, Anna Nordqvist-type rules situation, for that matter.
Chief executive Martin Slumbers made it perfectly clear that the R&A will use “speed and clarity” when dealing with rules issues this week at Royal Troon.
Slumbers says his organization made a fundamental change 10 years ago when it ordered the chief referee to remain in a compound with access to all video replays. Aside from that, either Slumbers or Peter Unsworth, the chairman of the R&A championship committee, will be in the compound as well.