{"id":758937,"date":"2026-04-28T12:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/758937\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:32:24","slug":"royal-lytham-to-host-2028-open-championship-another-miss-for-trumps-turnberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/758937\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Lytham to host 2028 Open Championship, another miss for Trump\u2019s Turnberry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Open Championship will return to Royal Lytham &amp; St. Annes in 2028, the Royal &amp; Ancient announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It will be Royal Lytham\u2019s 12th time hosting the event, but the first since 2012. Royal Lytham \u2014 located in Lancashire, England \u2014 is also hosting the upcoming AIG Women\u2019s Open, starting in late July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of golf\u2019s most cherished and historic venues and The Open\u2019s return to these famous links will spark huge interest among fans to be part of one of the world\u2019s great sporting events and celebrate the rich traditions of golf\u2019s original Championship,\u201d Mark Darbon, the CEO of R&amp;A, which runs The Open, said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement means The Open will once again not be played at President Donald Trump\u2019s Turnberry course in Scotland. Turnberry hasn\u2019t hosted the event since 2009, five years before Trump bought the course.<\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure and logistics pose challenges for Turnberry, which is far from an airport and also has a small road in and out. In July, Darbon said he had talks with Eric Trump, the president\u2019s son, about logistical issues.<\/p>\n<p>Politics also remains a factor. Trump\u2019s visit to the course in July led to protests, including an artwork by Greenpeace of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trumps-scottish-golf-course-targeted-by-greenpeace-sand-protest-2025-04-30\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s face on a beach<\/a>\u00a0facing Turnberry with the words \u201cTime to resist \u2014 fight the billionaire takeover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, former R&amp;A CEO Martin Slumbers said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6704345\/2025\/11\/05\/turnberry-trump-open-venue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">event would not return<\/a> to Turnberry \u201cuntil we are convinced that the focus will be on the championship, the players and the course itself and we do not believe that is achievable in the current circumstances.\u201d In 2024, Slumbers said the R&amp;A \u201ccannot allow external media noise to overshadow what remains the original and most historic championship in golf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Royal Lytham, on the other hand, spent months improving its course and infrastructure with an eye toward bringing back the Open. The last time the course hosted the event, Ernie Els won for the second time after a series of bogeys by Adam Scott. Royal Lytham is a rare major venue that begins with a par-3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Club has a long and successful association with The Open, and we take great pride in our place within the Championship\u2019s history,\u201d Tim Walker, Chairman of Council at Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes, said in a statement. \u201cIt is fitting that this announcement comes as we mark 100 years since Bobby Jones\u2019 victory here in 1926 and the granting of our Royal status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2028, The Open will be held from Aug. 3 to 6, rather than in July, to account for the Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 Gabby Herzig contributed to this report.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Open Championship will return to Royal Lytham &amp; St. Annes in 2028, the Royal &amp; Ancient announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":758938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1430,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-758937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116482352432372970","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}