Donald Trump is putting the R&A in “uncharted territory” as owner of one of the nine golf courses in The Open rotation, but Trump Turnberry remains in future consideration for hosting the event.
That was the word Monday from R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers, who was pressed on Trump and Turnberry in a media conference call.
With Royal St. George’s Golf Club announced Monday as the 2020 host and with St. Andrews expected to host in 2021, Trump Turnberry wouldn’t have a chance to host until at least 2022.
“I said last year we were focused on Turnberry as a golf course and the way it is reigning on the rota and there has been nothing that has happened in the last year to change that,” Slumbers said.