Hull wants Trump’s Turnberry to host women’s British Open again

LONDON: World number 11 Charley Hull would like to see former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Turnberry course in Scotland return to the rotation of layouts used to host the women’s British Open.

Golf governing body the R&A, in response to the thousands of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 in a bid to overturn his election defeat, said then it would not stage championships at Turnberry for the foreseeable future.

Hull, speaking to reporters at Dundonald Links ahead of this week’s Scottish Open, revealed that she played the seaside Turnberry course earlier this week and so was asked if it was time for the women’s British Open to return there.

“A hundred per cent,” said England’s Hull, a six-time Solheim Cup player and two-times winner on the LPGA Tour. “I think it’s a shame. It is a really top track.” Turnberry, which is set alongside the Ayrshire coastline, has hosted the women’s British Open twice, most recently in 2015, and the men’s British Open four times.

Even if Turnberry is not added to the lineup of courses to host the women’s British Open, Hull feels the layout owned by the Republican presidential candidate deserves a place somewhere in the women’s schedule.

“Like honestly, it’s one of the best golf courses in the world,” said Hull, who last week finished in a share of 27th place in the women’s golf event at the Paris Olympics. “It would be a shame to not be on there.”

This year’s women’s British Open will be held next week at St Andrews in Scotland while Royal Porthcawl in Wales and Royal Lytham & St Annes in Lancashire, England, will host the major in 2025 and 2026, respectively.