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Martin Slumbers to step down from The R&A by the end of 2024

Alejandro Rodríguez — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:15:41 +0000

Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A and Secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, is to step down by the end of 2024 after what will be nine years in the role. Mr Slumbers, 63, brought his extensive global business experience and a passion for golf to the organisation. He has led […]

The R&A and USGA announce proposal to introduce model local rule option for golf balls used in elite competitions

Silvia Pereira — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:43:31 +0000

The R&A and USGA have proposed a Model Local Rule (MLR) that gives competition organisers the option to require use of golf balls that are tested under modified launch conditions to address the impacts of hitting distance in golf. The MLR is intended for use only in elite competitions and, if adopted, will have no […]

Fans attending The 150th Open at St Andrews urged not to travel by rail

Silvia Pereira — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:09:13 +0000

Fans attending The 150th Open at St Andrews from 10-17 July are being urged not to travel by rail due to a limited temporary timetable being operated by ScotRail on those dates. The R&A has contacted all ticket holders to advise that they should travel by road or use alternative public transport to attend The Open each day. […]

Golf participation remains strong in Great Britain and Ireland

Silvia Pereira — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:35:51 +0000

New figures reveal golf participation in Great Britain and Ireland in 2021 remained strongly above pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels. Research led by The R&A together with England Golf, Golf Ireland, Scottish Golf and Wales Golf demonstrates how the sport is still thriving despite competing leisure activities becoming available again. Two new participation reports show that 5.3 […]

Football Superstar Gareth Bale tu support golf participation drive by The R&A

Alejandro Rodríguez — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:14:12 +0000

Superstar footballer Gareth Bale has agreed to become a global ambassador for The R&A in support of its activities to inspire new audiences around the world into playing golf. The Real Madrid and Wales international has amassed over 100 million followers on social media throughout his decorated playing career and shown a real enthusiasm for […]

Golf’s modernised Rules of Amateur Status published

Silvia Pereira — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:02:59 +0000

Golf’s new Rules of Amateur Status have been published by The R&A and the USGA ahead of coming into effect on 1 January 2022. The work is the latest step by the governing bodies to make the Rules easier to understand and apply and follows the modernisation process of the Rules of Golf in 2019. […]

Up to 32,000 fans to attend on each Championship day

Alejandro Rodríguez — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 11:26:15 +0000

Following the UK Government’s announcement to delay the planned easing of restrictions, we are now actively working with the government and public health authorities, including those in Kent, in the next phase of the Events Research Programme, which will enable a number of events to take place with higher capacities than the current Step 3 […]

Rolex and The R&A support the Challenge Tour

Silvia Pereira — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:14:51 +0000

Rolex and The R&A have taken measures to support the European Challenge Tour and the continued development of the next generation of leading golfers in this time of unprecedented disruption due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Following the decision to cancel the Rolex Trophy that had been scheduled for August 19–22, Rolex has offered to repurpose […]

The R&A and USGA release 2017 distance study

Silvia Pereira — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:29:31 +0000

The R&A and the USGA have completed the annual review of driving distance in golf, producing a research report that documents and evaluates important findings from the 2017 season. Introduced in 2015, the annual report examines driving distance data from seven of the major worldwide professional golf tours, based on nearly 300,000 drives per year. […]

The R&A stages both women’s and men’s amateur championships for the first time

Silvia Pereira — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:13:51 +0000

More than 400 of the world’s leading men’s and women’s amateur golfers will tee it up in two of the game’s most prestigious championships this month, The 114th Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship and The 122nd Amateur Championship. The Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship gets underway tomorrow at Pyle & Kenfig in South Wales and […]