The 2027 British Open will likely be performed at St Andrews in Scotland, match organisers the R&A introduced on Thursday.
It should mark the thirty first event that the world’s oldest golf match will likely be held on the Outdated Course, one of the vital iconic layouts on the earth, and the primary time since Australian Cameron Smith claimed his to date solely main title there in 2022.
It should additionally mark 100 years since nice beginner Bobby Jones triumphed within the British Open at St Andrews with a six-shot victory to retain the title he received at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
“There’s something extremely particular about The Open being performed on the Outdated Course, and so lots of the nice champions have walked these fairways because the first staging right here in 1873,” R&A CEO Mark Darbon stated in a information launch.
The Outdated Course at St Andrews, broadly considered the ‘House of Golf’, first hosted a British Open in 1873 when the thirteenth version of the match was performed over an 18-hole course for the primary time.
This 12 months’s British Open will likely be held from July 17-20 at Royal Portrush in Northern Eire, whereas the 2026 version will likely be hosted at Royal Birkdale in England.