{"id":634166,"date":"2026-04-27T13:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/634166\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:48:12","slug":"donald-trumps-turnberry-golf-club-misses-out-on-hosting-2028-open-championship-as-venue-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/634166\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump&#8217;s Turnberry Golf Club misses out on hosting 2028 Open Championship as venue named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Donald Trump&#8217;s Turnberry Golf Club has missed out on hosting the 2028 Open Championship, with Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes given the honours.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled for August 3-6, 2028, the Lancashire course will welcome golf&#8217;s oldest major for the first time in 16 years, following Ernie Els&#8217; triumph there in 2012 when the South African claimed his second Claret Jug.<\/p>\n<p>Els&#8217; victory placed him among an elite group of winners at Royal Lytham, a list featuring legends such as Bobby Jones, Seve Ballesteros, Gary Player, Tony Jacklin and Sir Bob Charles.<\/p>\n<p>The championship will shift to August that year to prevent any scheduling conflict with the Los Angeles Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"7a7cb\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"f960b55981cf0a9ad172e0b8911b307a\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201920%201080'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/donald-trump-royal-lytham-and-st-annes.png\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Royal Lytham and St Annes\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s Turnberry Golf Club has missed out as Royal Lytham and St Annes<\/p>\n<p> | GETTY<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s Turnberry Golf Club has been seeking a spot on The Open rotation for several years.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish course, which has long sought inclusion on The Open rota, remains excluded from upcoming hosting duties due to numerous logistical issues.<\/p>\n<p>Muirfield faces an even longer wait, with the East Lothian club unlikely to stage the championship before 2031 at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>Muirfield last welcomed The Open in 2013, when Phil Mickelson secured a three-shot victory to lift the Claret Jug.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"a5893\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"9395ea99cd17e69c7ceb565cb83132f7\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201024%20683'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/royal-lytham-st-annes.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes will host the 2028 Open Championship<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY<\/p>\n<p>Mark Darbon, chief executive of The R&amp;A, said: &#8220;Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes is widely renowned as one of the world&#8217;s finest links courses and has witnessed many great championship moments since The Open was first played there in 1926 when the legendary Bobby Jones won.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is one of golf&#8217;s most cherished and historic venues, and The Open&#8217;s return to these famous links will spark huge interest among fans to be part of one of the world&#8217;s great sporting events and celebrate the rich traditions of golf&#8217;s original Championship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tim Walker, chairman of council at Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes, expressed the club&#8217;s pride in being selected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"de464\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d7c9ae67bcc0fadabf742533e549be2c\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201024%20683'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777297692_809_royal-lytham-st-annes.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes is &#8216;widely renowned as one of the world&#8217;s finest links courses&#8217;<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;We are honoured to be chosen as the host venue for The 156th Open in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club has a long and successful association with The Open, and we take great pride in our place within the Championship&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is fitting that this announcement comes as we mark 100 years since Bobby Jones&#8217; victory here in 1926 and the granting of our Royal status.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"c1ecb\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"e59df0e700ecd303fa958fff34a7714f\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%204096%202728'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/scottie-scheffler.jpg\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2728\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler claimed the 153rd Open<\/p>\n<p> | PA<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We look forward to welcoming the world&#8217;s leading players, together with spectators and audiences from across the globe, to our links on England&#8217;s golf coast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before Royal Lytham&#8217;s turn, Royal Birkdale will stage this year&#8217;s championship from July 16 to 19, with St Andrews hosting in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler claimed the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in 2025, securing his maiden Claret Jug and fourth major title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump&#8217;s Turnberry Golf Club has missed out on hosting the 2028 Open Championship, with Royal Lytham &amp;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,2490,755,44,84,13296,588,85,2489,5071],"class_list":{"0":"post-634166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-golf","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-sgg","15":"tag-sport","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-us-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}