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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T07:39:45.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThe English Open will be making a comeback after more than two decades.\n\nLast held in 2002, the tournament boasts several notable winners, including Seve Ballesteros and Darren Clarke.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe once-prestigious event was part of the European Tour from 1979 to 2002.\n\nThe tournament will take the place of the existing England Golf Challenge this year, and will be played at The Vale Golf Club in Worcestershire from June 18 to 21.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe competition will also feature an increased prize fund of £300,000.\n\nThe English Open will be brought back on the HotelPlanner Tour for this year and in 2027.\n\nDetails for next year's English Open and the 2028 edition, which will feature on the DP World Tour, will be revealed further down the line.\n\nGuy Kinnings, Chief Executive of the DP World Tour, said: \"We are delighted with today's announcement that, together with England Golf, we will be returning one of golf's most prestigious titles to the global stage.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST SPORTS NEWS\n\n\n\n\n  * Aston Villa make history after thrashing Freiburg to win Europa League\n  * Rory McIlroy criticised by Justin Thomas as full PGA Championship nightmare explained\n  * Bryson DeChambeau considering retirement from golf as awful PGA Championship deepens concerns\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"It is a title with great resonance, hence this is a significant moment for us.\"\n\nKinnings described it as a \"new era for the relationship between our two organisations\", adding they \"look forward to working together to help progress all aspects of the game in England\".\n\nHe continued: \"For over 50 years, national Opens have been a cornerstone of our international schedule, tournaments rooted in tradition and ones which shine a spotlight on the countries we play, the relationships we have fostered in these countries over decades, and on the communities that host them.\n\n\"The English Open's return reflects that heritage.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nJeremy Tomlinson, Group Chief Executive of England Golf, said: \"All of us at England Golf are excited to be entering into this new partnership with the DP World Tour to promote and deliver the English Open.\n\n\"Our player development pathway has a proud heritage of producing some of the finest golfers in the world, and we are committed to maintaining that record.\n\n\"By reinstating the English Open and partnering with the DP World Tour and the HotelPlanner Tour, many of our young squad players will have the opportunity to not only experience professional tournament golf, but also begin to acclimatise to life in the professional ranks.\n\n\"With clear ambitions to elevate the English Open back onto the main tour, this will provide another inspiring national platform to showcase everything that is great about our game in England.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe announcement comes at a timely moment after England's Aaron Rai won the PGA Championship.\n\nRai became the first Englishman since 1919 to win the major, shooting an incredible final-round 65.\n\nThe world number 44, raised in the West Midlands by a Kenyan mother and Indian father, produced the performance of his career when it mattered most.\n\nSpeaking at the trophy presentation, Rai said: \"This win is very surreal. It's been a bit of a frustrating season so to be stood here is definitely outside of my wildest imagination.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Historic golf tournament to be resurrected in England after more than two decades"
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