R&A in no rush to make Open decision on Turnberry after Donald Trump comments
Last Updated: 15/07/15 7:55pm
Open organisers will bide their time before making a decision on Turnberry's future on the championship rotation following comments by the course's owner, Donald Trump, about Mexicans.
Trump, a Republican candidate for United States president, is facing a backlash after saying some Mexican immigrants to the USA bring drugs and crime, and some are rapists.
Trump recently purchased Turnberry, a links resort on the west coast of Scotland that has hosted the Open four times.
Asked if Trump's comments compromised Turnberry's place on the Open rotation, Peter Dawson, chief executive of the R&A, said: "We'll just let a bit of time pass, and future championship committees will deal with them at the time."
The PGA of America announced last week it will move the Grand Slam of Golf from Trump's course in Los Angeles.
The Women's British Open is to be played this month at Turnberry, and organisers have said there are no plans to change the venue.
Turnberry last staged the Open in 2009, when Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson in a play-off, and is one of 10 courses on the rotation with 2021 the earliest it could stage the tournament again.
"It's had a lot of publicity, hasn't it?" Dawson, who will be succeeded by Martin Slumbers in September, said about Turnberry and its links with Trump. "We don't have any decisions to make about Turnberry for quite some time."
