Mark darbon

April 27th, 2026

R&A names Royal Lytham & St Annes site of the 2028 Open Championship

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December 9th, 2025

Open Championship moving temporarily to August in 2028

The R&A announced the decision overnight for the championship not to conflict with the Olympics golf competition in Los Angeles.

October 24th, 2025

The heads of the R&A and the Masters offer a warning they hope the golf world will heed

Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley and R&A chief executive Mark Darbon have echoed Rory McIlroy’s sentiments from the recent controversial Ryder Cup at Bethpage that golf should be held to a higher standard of fan behaviour than other sports.

July 17th, 2025

Open Championship 2025: Explaining the controversial parade that’s changing third round tee-times at Royal Portrush

This parade is a politically divisive, historically combustible and arguably provocative march that will have a lot of people feeling a lot of very strong emotions along the Catholic-Protestant split in Northern Ireland.

July 17th, 2025

Open Championship 2025: R&A chief confirms talks with Donald Trump’s son over challenges for return to Turnberry

Future hosts of the Open Championship were a hot topic during Wednesday’s pre-tournament press conference at Royal Portrush, with new R&A CEO Mark Darbon addressing numerous options, from Trump Turnberry’s possible return to the feasibility of a groundbreaking edition at Portmarnock Golf Club in Ireland.

July 11th, 2025

Leaderboard

John Deere Classic - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
T1	Lucas Glover	-17	2	4
T1	Lee Hodges	-17	2	4
T1	Ben Kohles	-17	3	4
T4	Mac Meissner	-15	7	4
T4	Chris Gotterup	-15	6	4
T4	Jackson Suber	-15	3	4
T4	Zac Blair	-15	3	4
T4	Doug Ghim	-15	3	4
T9	Ryo Hisatsune	-14	4	4
T9	Preston Stout	-14	3	4
T11	Kevin Yu	-13	9	4
T11	Tyler Duncan	-13	8	4
T11	William Mouw	-13	6	4
T11	Troy Merritt	-13	6	4
T11	Rickie Fowler	-13	5	4
T11	Max Homa	-13	4	4
T11	Blades Brown	-13	4	4
T11	Zach Johnson	-13	3	4
T19	Keegan Bradley	-12	17	4
T19	Matt Wallace	-12	16	4
T19	Davis Chatfield	-12	12	4
T19	Jacob Bridgeman	-12	11	4
T19	Ben Griffin	-12	10	4
T19	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-12	9	4
T19	Davis Thompson	-12	9	4
T19	David Lipsky	-12	9	4
T19	Erik van Rooyen	-12	8	4
T19	Andrew Putnam	-12	5	4
T19	Chandler Phillips	-12	4	4
T30	Michael Brennan	-11	14	4
T30	Harry Higgs	-11	10	4
T30	Stephan Jaeger	-11	9	4
T30	Matt Kuchar	-11	8	4
T30	Pontus Nyholm	-11	8	4
T30	Emiliano Grillo	-11	6	4
T30	Aaron Wise	-11	5	4
T37	Eric Cole	-10	F	4
T37	Nick Dunlap	-10	14	4
T37	Karl Vilips	-10	11	4
T37	Tom Hoge	-10	9	4
T37	Zecheng Dou	-10	9	4
T37	Beau Hossler	-10	7	4
T43	Mackenzie Hughes	-9	F	4
T43	Lanto Griffin	-9	16	4
T43	J.T. Poston	-9	16	4
T43	Trace Crowe	-9	15	4
T43	David Skinns	-9	12	4
T43	Pi Coody	-9	8	4
T49	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-8	F	4
T49	Max McGreevy	-8	17	4
T49	Keith Mitchell	-8	17	4
T49	Joel Dahmen	-8	16	4
T49	Keita Nakajima	-8	15	4
T49	Peter Malnati	-8	13	4
T49	Tom Kim	-8	10	4
T56	Jordan Spieth	-7	17	4
T56	Mark Hubbard	-7	15	4
T56	Patrick Fishburn	-7	14	4
T56	Hayden Springer	-7	13	4
T56	Tony Finau	-7	13	4
T56	Austin Smotherman	-7	12	4
T62	Will Gordon	-6	F	4
T62	Austin Eckroat	-6	14	4
T62	Luke Gutschewski	-6	14	4
T62	Chan Kim	-6	13	4
T66	Camilo Villegas	-5	F	4
T66	Davis Riley	-5	16	4
T68	Zach Bauchou	-4	F	4
T68	Rafael Campos	-4	F	4
T68	Steven Fisk	-4	F	4
T68	Sungjae Im	-4	11	4
T72	Jonathan Byrd	-3	F	4
T72	A.J. Ewart	-3	F	4
T74	Fabián Gómez	-2	F	4
T74	Nicholas Lindheim	-2	F	4
T74	Michael Feagles	-2	F	4
77	Ryan Voois	E	F	4
78	Gordon Sargent	+2	F	4
79	Ryan Brehm	+4	F	4
CUT	Austin Cook	-2	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	-2	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	-2	F	2
CUT	Max Greyserman	-2	F	2
CUT	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-2	F	2
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	-2	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	-2	F	2
CUT	Daniel Berger	-2	F	2
CUT	Webb Simpson	-2	F	2
CUT	Rico Hoey	-2	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	-2	F	2
CUT	Kevin Streelman	-2	F	2
CUT	Johnny Keefer	-2	F	2
CUT	Neal Shipley	-2	F	2
CUT	Jeffrey Kang	-2	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	-1	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	-1	F	2
CUT	Hank Lebioda	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Moore	-1	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	-1	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	-1	F	2
CUT	Dylan Frittelli	-1	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	-1	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	-1	F	2
CUT	Patrick Adler	-1	F	2
CUT	Brendon Todd	-1	F	2
CUT	Haotong Li	-1	F	2
CUT	Denny McCarthy	E	F	2
CUT	Michael Kim	E	F	2
CUT	Car Young	E	F	2
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	E	F	2
CUT	Garrick Higgo	E	F	2
CUT	Ben Martin	E	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	E	F	2
CUT	Martin Laird	E	F	2
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	E	F	2
CUT	Robert Streb	E	F	2
CUT	Brian Campbell	E	F	2
CUT	Kevin Roy	E	F	2
CUT	Vince Whaley	E	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	E	F	2
CUT	Patton Kizzire	+1	F	2
CUT	Andrew Novak	+1	F	2
CUT	Noah Goodwin	+1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	+1	F	2
CUT	Jackson Koivun	+1	F	2
CUT	Kris Ventura	+1	F	2
CUT	Ben Silverman	+2	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	+2	F	2
CUT	Adam Hadwin	+2	F	2
CUT	John VanDerLaan	+2	F	2
CUT	Cameron Champ	+2	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+2	F	2
CUT	Augusto Núñez	+2	F	2
CUT	Luke List	+2	F	2
CUT	Chad Ramey	+4	F	2
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	+4	F	2
CUT	S.Y. Noh	+4	F	2
CUT	Mason Howell	+5	F	2
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	+5	F	2
CUT	Jeremy Paul	+7	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+7	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	+11	F	2
CUT	Darin Fisher	+14	F	2
WD	Seamus Power	-	-

Andalucia 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Tyrrell Hatton	-11	18	4
2	Jon Rahm	-9	18	4
3	Abraham Ancer	-8	18	4
4	Sergio Garcia	-7	18	4
T5	Dustin Johnson	-5	18	4
T5	Thomas Detry	-5	18	4
T5	David Puig	-5	18	4
T5	Cameron Smith	-5	18	4
9	Bubba Watson	-4	18	4
10	Anirban Lahiri	-3	18	4
T11	Marc Leishman	-2	18	4
T11	Branden Grace	-2	18	4
T11	Byeong Hun An	-2	18	4
T11	Bryson DeChambeau	-2	18	4
15	Scott Vincent	-1	18	4
T16	Luis Masaveu	E	18	4
T16	Victor Perez	E	18	4
T16	Talor Gooch	E	18	4
T19	Charles Howell III	+1	18	4
T19	Harold Varner III	+1	18	4
T21	Carlos Ortiz	+2	18	4
T21	Tom McKibbin	+2	18	4
T21	Anthony Kim	+2	18	4
T24	Joaquin Niemann	+3	18	4
T24	Martin Kaymer	+3	18	4
T24	Lucas Herbert	+3	18	4
T27	Richard T. Lee	+4	18	4
T27	Ian Poulter	+4	18	4
T27	Sebastian Muñoz	+4	18	4
T27	Dean Burmester	+4	18	4
T31	Brendan Steele	+5	18	4
T31	Ben Campbell	+5	18	4
T31	Michael La Sasso	+5	18	4
T31	Charl Schwartzel	+5	18	4
T31	Peter Uihlein	+5	18	4
T31	Danny Lee	+5	18	4
T37	Jason Kokrak	+6	18	4
T37	Laurie Canter	+6	18	4
T37	Matthew Wolff	+6	18	4
40	Thomas Pieters	+7	18	4
41	Elvis Smylie	+8	18	4
T42	Younghan Song	+9	18	4
T42	Do-Yeob Mun	+9	18	4
T42	Miguel Tabuena	+9	18	4
T45	Sam Horsfield	+10	18	4
T45	Travis Smyth	+10	18	4
T45	Lee Westwood	+10	18	4
T45	Cameron Tringale	+10	18	4
49	Caleb Surratt	+11	18	4
50	Minkyu Kim	+12	18	4
51	Graeme McDowell	+13	18	4
52	Adrian Meronk	+14	18	4
53	Richard Bland	+16	18	4
54	Bjorn Hellgren	+17	18	4
55	Josele Ballester	+18	18	4
56	Yosuke Asaji	+22	18	4
	Wade Ormsby		18	4
	Louis Oosthuizen	+3		3

Mark darbon

R&A names Royal Lytham & St Annes site of the 2028 Open Championship

Open Championship moving temporarily to August in 2028

The heads of the R&A and the Masters offer a warning they hope the golf world will heed

Open Championship 2025: Explaining the controversial parade that’s changing third round tee-times at Royal Portrush

Open Championship 2025: R&A chief confirms talks with Donald Trump’s son over challenges for return to Turnberry

The golf ball rollback can play out several different ways, but all promise to be messy

Open Championship announces new on-site Monday qualifier for final spot in field

New R&A chief reiterates Trump Turnberry is not returning to the Open Championship rota

R&A creates exemption into Open Championship for LIV Golf member

Why the Open Championship’s return to St Andrews in 2027 has added meaning

R&A names Mark Darbon as new chief executive, replacing the retiring Martin Slumbers

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1	LEGION XIII	-7	18	4
2	4ACES GC	-1	18	4
3	TORQUE GC	+1	18	4
4	RIPPER GC	+4	18	4
T5	CRUSHERS GC	+6	18	4
T5	FIREBALLS GC	+6	18	4
7	RANGEGOATS GC	+12	18	4
8	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	+18	18	4
9	HYFLYERS GC	+19	18	4
10	OKGC	+20	18	4
11	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	+28	18	4
12	MAJESTICKS GC	+30	18	4
13	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	+33	18	4