Mark Darbon Clarifies R&A's Stance on World Cup Schedule Conflict
R&A Chief Executive Mark Darbon addresses the potential scheduling conflict between the final day of The Open and the World Cup final, should England advance. Hear the organization's current position on altering tee times.
Video Transcript
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 six-forty 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 semifinal.
