What would be British Open's plan if England advances to World Cup final?
Mark Darbon, the chief executive of the R&A, said that the Open Championship's final round tee times at Royal Birkdale on Sunday remain unchanged ahead of the World Cup semifinal between England and Argentina.
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We simply cannot tell the stories that emerge from this historic championship without your support, and for that, we are extremely grateful.
I wish you well for a great week, and with that, I'm happy to take some questions.
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We'll start at the front here.
Yes?
Obviously, a pretty important football match tonight.
There's been some reporting that maybe if England is in the final, that might alter some plans, maybe tee times for Sunday.
What, what would be the plan if England goes through to the final?
Well, look, I'm a England football fan, so it'd be a great problem to, to have.
But I guess also because I'm an England football fan, we should probably wait to see how the semifinal goes before we get too far ahead.
Of course, in the, in the background, we've been doing a lot of thinking about, about this.
Our final part is currently scheduled for around 6:40 on Sunday.
We think that even if we go to a three-hole playoff, we've got time to complete the championship.
So at this stage, no plans to alter anything, but we'll maintain that under review, and we'll finalize our position after the semi-
