PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -R&A officials met with the son of U.S. President Donald Trump this year to discuss the possibility of golf's British Open returning to Turnberry, R&A Chief Executive Mark Darbon said on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump's Turnberry course won't be hosting The Open any time soon with R&A officials saying logistical challenges remain. The Ayrshire venue's iconic course last hosted the event 16 years ago - five years prior to Trump purchasing the famous resort.

Is Trump Turnberry back in consideration to host a British Open? Maybe. When in 2014 Donald Trump purchased Turnberry, the legendary Scottish golf course where Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus staged their famous "Duel in the Sun" in the 1977 British Open,