Claire dowling

September 25th, 2026

History in St Andrews as the R&A’s first female captain officially “drives in”

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May 7th, 2026

The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews just checked off this notable first

Ireland’s Claire Dowling will take over as captain of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for 2026-2027, becoming the first woman to serve in the role.

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1	Michael Brennan	-16	F	4
T2	Jacob Bridgeman	-15	F	4
T2	Keith Mitchell	-15	F	4
T4	Ryan Gerard	-13	F	4
T4	Brian Harman	-13	F	4
T4	Stephan Jaeger	-13	F	4
T4	Xander Schauffele	-13	F	4
T4	Jordan Smith	-13	F	4
T9	Zach Bauchou	-12	F	4
T9	Sungjae Im	-12	F	4
T9	Min Woo Lee	-12	F	4
T9	Ren Yonezawa	-12	F	4
T13	Max Homa	-11	F	4
T13	Kevin Roy	-11	F	4
T13	Adam Scott	-11	F	4
T13	Jordan Spieth	-11	F	4
T17	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-10	F	4
T17	Doug Ghim	-10	F	4
T17	Michael Kim	-10	F	4
T17	Ben Kohles	-10	F	4
T21	Billy Horschel	-9	F	4
T21	Hideki Matsuyama	-9	F	4
T23	Takumi Kanaya	-8	F	4
T23	Mac Meissner	-8	F	4
T23	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-8	F	4
T23	John Parry	-8	F	4
T23	Kosuke Sunagawa	-8	F	4
T23	Justin Thomas	-8	F	4
T29	Ricky Castillo	-7	F	4
T29	Tomohiro Ishizaka	-7	F	4
T29	Denny McCarthy	-7	F	4
T29	Patrick Rodgers	-7	F	4
T33	Nico Echavarria	-6	F	4
T33	Yoshinori Fujimoto	-6	F	4
T33	Lee Hodges	-6	F	4
T33	Yusaku Hosono	-6	F	4
T33	Johnny Keefer	-6	F	4
T33	Collin Morikawa	-6	F	4
T33	Andrew Putnam	-6	F	4
T33	Michael Thorbjornsen	-6	F	4
T41	Keegan Bradley	-5	F	4
T41	Tony Finau	-5	F	4
T41	Ryo Hisatsune	-5	F	4
T41	Beau Hossler	-5	F	4
T41	Jinichiro Kozuma	-5	F	4
T41	Taylor Moore	-5	F	4
T41	Jackson Suber	-5	F	4
T41	Nick Taylor	-5	F	4
T41	Kristoffer Ventura	-5	F	4
T50	Pi Coody	-4	F	4
T50	Matt McCarty	-4	F	4
T50	Keita Nakajima	-4	F	4
T50	Matt Wallace	-4	F	4
T54	Aguri Iwasaki	-3	F	4
T54	David Lipsky	-3	F	4
T54	Taylor Pendrith	-3	F	4
T54	Chandler Phillips	-3	F	4
T54	Davis Thompson	-3	F	4
T59	Maverick McNealy	-2	F	4
T59	Kevin Yu	-2	F	4
T61	Max Greyserman	-1	F	4
T61	Kurt Kitayama	-1	F	4
T63	Wyndham Clark	+1	F	4
T63	Alex Smalley	+1	F	4
65	Sang-hee Lee	+2	F	4
66	Steven Fisk	+3	F	4
67	Hiroshi Iwata	+4	F	4
68	Sahith Theegala	+5	F	4
69	Koshin Nagasaki	+6	F	4
70	Tom Hoge	+7	F	4
71	Rickie Fowler	+9	F	4
72	Aldrich Potgieter	+11	F	4

Claire dowling

History in St Andrews as the R&A’s first female captain officially “drives in”

The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews just checked off this notable first

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