The Royal and Ancient Golf Club faces a scheduling dilemma that pits a century of tradition against modern broadcast economics. According to Deadspin, organizers are exploring moving The Open's final round to avoid a direct clash with the 2026 World Cup final. The conflict pits golf’s oldest major—an event that has never moved its Sunday finale—against football’s quadrennial global audience, which routinely draws half a billion viewers. Shifting the final round to Saturday could preserve television ratings but would fracture a schedule carefully synchronized with time zones, hospitality commitments, and weather windows. The R&A's decision will signal whether it views the World Cup as a temporary competitor or a permanent disruption to the golf calendar. That answer carries implications beyond a single Sunday: it tests whether major championships can coexist with truly global sporting spectacles without ceding their identity.