After a decade, Slumbers steps down as chief executive of R&A

MARTIN Slumbers has left his position as chief executive of the R&A after serving the governing body for almost 10 years.

During his tenure, which began in 2015, Slumbers played a leading role in instigating significant changes that positively affected not only the inner workings of the R&A and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, but many areas of the wider game, from the staging of the British Open and the Women’s British Open, to the multitude of initiatives that have been implemented to help grow the game at the amateur level around the world.