R&A plans on hosting ‘significant number of fans’ for 2021 Open
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The R&A said it plans to host a “significant number of fans” for the Open Championship.
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Meet the 15-year-old girl who has the ear of the most influential person at the R&A
It is April 2018 and 12-year-old Maggie Whitehead is sitting at home in northeast England watching the Drive, Chip and Putt competition the Sunday prior to the Masters at Augusta…
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R&A outlines plan to revive municipal course in Scotland with innovative family-focused golf facility
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The plans, thought to involve an outlay in the region of £10 million, are nothing if not ambitious.
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R&A expresses ‘cautious optimism’ that 2021 Open Championship will be played
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The R&A announced Wednesday that it has “cautious optimism” its Open Championship will be played this summer.
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Bryson DeChambeau on talk of scaling back distance: ‘They can’t take working out away from me’
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Bryson DeChambeau is forcing golf to reconsider its rules. It might sound dramatic, but it’s demonstrably true.
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Following Bryson DeChambeau’s driver gains, R&A chief stresses need to curb distance
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Bryson DeChambeau has staged quite the show in golf’s post-pandemic return. A show the R&A has been carefully…
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R&A chief Martin Slumbers talks Open Championship sites, Premier Golf League and Patrick Reed
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A bit like the Old Course that sits directly below his office window, R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers’…
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Royal Troon to host 2023 Open, 100 years after first holding the championship
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Royal Troon has been selected to host the 2023 Open Championship.
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R&A to create world’s largest golf library after IMG exec Alastair Johnston gifts his nearly 30,000-volume collection
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In his native Scotland, Alastair Johnston is best known for his involvement with the Glasgow Rangers Football Club
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R&A chief quells talk of taking The Open beyond the British Isles
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The Open Championship boasts about its global footprint but don't expect the greatest golf show on earth to…
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Women’s British Open purse increases by nearly 40 percent for 2019
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The R&A has announced that next month’s AIG Women’s British Open purse went up $1.25 million.
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Ahead of pioneering Jordan Mixed Open, host club Ayla double down on women’s golf drive
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Ayla Golf Club has become the first venue in the Middle East to sign The R&A’s Women in…
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Political issues, in and out of golf, have R&A chief Martin Slumbers bracing for an interesting 2019
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In a world of golf increasingly dominated by slow play, R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers set a good…
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Keith Pelley’s call for rule makers to rethink “grossly unfair” Haotong Li penalty falls on deaf ears
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The penalty dropped Li from a T-3 to a T-12 finish, which translated to loss of $100,000 in…
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The Open 2018: R&A implements driver tests at Carnoustie ‘to ensure players are going out there with clubs that are conforming’
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When it comes to distance and professional golf, an issue he strongly raised as of potential concern a…
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The Open 2018: Scoreboard (accidentally?) roasts Phil Mickelson’s Shinnecock rules snafu at Carnoustie
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Chalk this up to comical serendipity, or that the Scots have a wicked sense of humour. Either way,…
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What’s going on at the Old Course (and should we be worried)?
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Things are changing at the Old Course at St. Andrews, or seem to be.
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USGA indicates increasing concern in 2017 Distance Report
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Hinted at in increasing intensity over the last year until bubbling over in the last few weeks, it…
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