Chief govt Mark Darbon says the R&A are having “ongoing dialogue” with Muirfield with a view to returning The Open Championship to the Gullane course for the primary time since 2013.
Darbon additionally says there are “challenges” with bringing the occasion again to Turnberry.
Royal Lytham & St Annes will host The Open in 2028, with this 12 months’s 154th match happening at Royal Birkdale and subsequent 12 months’s staging at The Old Course at St Andrews.
Muirfield, a 16-times Open venue, will host this 12 months’s Women’s Amateur Championship from 22-27 June.
“We’ve got a great ongoing dialogue with Muirfield,” Darbon mentioned.
“There are some things we need to overcome to facilitate a modern Open Championship – the practice ground is one of those, along with a few on-course infrastructural points.”
On US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry, which hosted the final of its 4 Opens in 2009, Darbon commented: “We actually just like the golf course.
“But there are challenges round staging a contemporary Open – primarily street, rail and lodging infrastructure.”
The Scottish Open has signed a deal to remain at The Renaissance Club in East Lothian till 2030, with the match performed in the week earlier than The Open to permit gamers time to adapt to seaside hyperlinks programs.
