The new owners of Luton Hoo have announced plans to build a new golf course that could host the prestigious Ryder Cup in either 2031 or 2035.
The Arora Group announced in December 2021 that it had completed the purchase of the 5-star 228-room Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa from Elite Hotels.
The luxury estate, just off the M1 motorway, is currently home to an 18-hole golf course but the Arora Group’s ambition is to create something special on the estate and plans to design and build a new championship-level course worthy of hosting the Ryder Cup and other prestigious golf tournaments, including DP World Tour events.
Surinder Arora, Founder and Chairman of the Arora Group, said: “Our acquisition of Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa was always with the intention to curate a luxury leisure and hospitality experience on the existing estate. We want to continue building on the already rich history of Luton Hoo and to ensure that any future investment into the estate will bring economic benefit to Bedfordshire and surrounding areas.
“Hosting the Ryder Cup, potentially in either 2031 or 2035, would raise the profile of the area to a global audience and the opportunity to bid to host a Ryder Cup at Luton Hoo is a very real and realistic ambition.”
Cllr Richard Wenham, Leader of Central Bedfordshire Council, said: “The Ryder Cup is an iconic sporting event celebrated and enjoyed across the globe. Arora’s aspirational plans to take the superb Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa complex set in its beautiful surroundings to the next level, have the scope to put Central Bedfordshire on the world stage. Securing the Ryder Cup would be an enormous boost to our thriving economy, bringing many new tourists and supporting more new jobs.”
