R & A

abbreviation

1. Royal and Ancient (Golf Club, St Andrews)

Example Sentences

The most highly ranked 300 colleges suck up a lot of the government funding and political and media attention focused on higher education, but they educate a relatively small share of the nation’s college students, said Catharine Bond Hill, who is the managing director at Ithaka S+R, a nonprofit research and consulting organization.

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Earlier this year, several sources told BBC Sport that the UK government had asked the R&A, golf's governing body, about its position on the matter.

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Darbon has acknowledged that UK government officials have also spoken with the R&A about the possibility of Turnberry hosting The Open.

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"I think the calculus today is a bit different but no, the political side never came up but I think what the R&A wants is the greatest courses, they're focused on quality."

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Earlier this month, the R&A said "big logistical issues" around local infrastructure had to be overcome before Turnberry could be awarded The Open.

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