• Turnberry overlooked for 2020 and 2021 tournaments
• R&A refuses to capture public stance over controversial AmericanThe R&A has dealt a blow to Donald Trump by confirming the Open Championship will not be held at Turnberry before 2022. The chief executive of that governing body,though, still refuses to provide a public stance on whether Trump’s offensive opinions should exclude his venues from golf.
Trump’s views on Mexican immigrants in the United States and Muslims contain triggered a dilemma for a sport which is seeking to be as inclusive as possible. In April 2014 Trump confirmed his buy-out of Turnberry and subsequently promised to spend £200m on an upgrade of the property, and with the approval of the R&A. “This is golf’s greatest canvas,” Trump said at the time. “People cannot avoid it now.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com