The Ryder Cup could return to the UK as the Government prepares plans to stage the event

The UK Government has set its sights on hosting the Ryder Cup, with a host of golf courses keen to stage the historic biennial event.

The Ryder Cup has not been played on UK soil since Gleneagles hosted the European clash with their American rivals, in which the home side won comfortably. Team Europe has since been hosted in France and Italy, and will next head to Adare Manor in Ireland in 2027.

However, there are now hopes that the famous showdown will return to the UK in 2031 and 2035, with the current UK government keen to launch a bid.

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The plan comes as part of UK Sport's hopes to organize more high-level sporting events across the country. Simon Morton, deputy chief executive of UK Sport, said: “Live sport is an essential part of the social fabric of this country.

“No other country buys more tickets per capita to major sporting events than the UK. In the coming years, we want to host a program of live sport that resonates with British audiences and makes a difference to the lives of millions of people.”

The news comes after Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa received a boost in its hopes of staging the event last month.

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The golf resort had drawn up plans to build a golf course suitable for hosting the Ryder Cup in June 2023. Last month, the Luton Hoo team – owned by Arora Group – was told it could go ahead with the plans after the Government chose not to “recall”. In planning permission.

The Arora Group has previously been verbally open about intentions to bring the Ryder Cup to its resort, with Chairman Surender Arora previously stating Luton today Last December: “Hosting the Ryder Cup, perhaps in 2031 or 2035, would raise the profile of the region to a global audience. The opportunity to bid to host the Ryder Cup at Luton Hoo is a very real and realistic aspiration.”

In the North West, Holton Park in Bolton also revealed they are keen to host the match in the near future, after revealing their own plans to build a golf course suitable for the Ryder Cup.

There was some resistance to the proposal, but it won the support of Bolton Council in December. “We fully support the bid to host the Ryder Cup in 2035,” said vice-captain Akhtar Zama. “The debate has of course been ongoing since 2018, and while we fully understand the concerns of local residents, we believe it is time to support this proposal.”

A whole host of famous courses in the UK have hosted the Ryder Cup over the years. After the turn of the century in 2000, the UK staged three of the four Ryder Cups in Europe, with The Belfry playing host in 2002, and Celtic Manor in 2010, before the trip to Gleneagles ten years ago.