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The R&A announced on Thursday that The Open Championship will be held in St Andrews in 2027. The connection between The Open and St Andrews is one of the most traditional in golf: the Major will be held on the historic Old Course for the 31st time. The club first hosted the tournament in 1873.
Timeless. Iconic. Legendary.
The 155th Open will be played at St Andrews in 2027. pic.twitter.com/JKosH92kKl — The Open (@TheOpen) January 23, 2025
From 15 to 18 July 2027, the St Andrews Golf Club in Scotland will open its doors for the 155th Open. The Open Championship is the only one of the four majors to be held on European soil. It traditionally marks the end of the major season in July.
A special anniversary will be celebrated in 2027: 100 years ago then, in 1927, amateur Bobby Jones triumphed at The Open in St Andrews and celebrated his second of a total of three Open Championship victories.
The Open Championship and St Andrews: A Shared History
The last time The Open Championship was held in St Andrews was in 2022 to mark its 150th anniversary. Back then, Cameron Smith won the tournament with an overall score of 20 strokes under par. The first event on the Old Course took place in 1873, still over 36 holes. Tom Kidd won back then with rounds of 91 and 88 – the highest winning score over 36 holes in the history of the tournament.
In 2024, the St Andrews Links Trust, the R&A, the Scottish Government and VisitScotland agreed on a long-term partnership. This agreement ensures that The Open Championship will return to Scotland on a regular basis over the next eleven years.
Mark Dabon, Chief Executive of the R&A, emphasized the importance of the tournament: “St Andrews is the home of golf and it generates a unique atmosphere for the fans and the players as well as providing an amazing spectacle on television and digitally for millions of viewers around the world. It promises to be another milestone occasion at one of sport’s greatest and most historic venues and we will be doing everything we can to make it a memorable experience for everyone involved.”
Before returning to St Andrews in 2027, the tournament will be held at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland on 17-20 July 2025 and Royal Birkdale Golf Club in England in 2026.
Yet another Scottish winner: and his surname is Scott too. Calum Scott secured the silver medal for the low amateur at the 152nd Open Championship yesterday and afterwards called the walk towards the 18th green “one of the best moments of my life”.
The Open Championship 2024: Callum Scott “Over the moon”
The 20-year-old from Nairn in the Highlands had qualified for Royal Troon as the winner of the Open Amateur Qualifying Series, was one of twelve amateurs in the field and finished three shots ahead of American Tommy Morrison on +8: “It is one of the highest honours you can win as an amateur. To be able to make the cut — first of all, you have to make the cut to win this award, and to be over 11 other amateurs, I’m very proud of myself for that. To compete in a tournament like The Open, it’s just amazing.”
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The 20-year-old proved at the weekend that he can keep up with the pros. He secured his entry into the weekend with 71 strokes in round 1 and 75 strokes in round 2. After making a few mistakes on the second day with just one stroke gained, he turned the tide again on moving day. With only two strokes lost, he recorded three birdies and thus played the best round of his tournament, a 70 on the par-71 course. In the final round, he seemed to run out of steam, especially on the back nine, and Scott came into the clubhouse with a 76. Although this meant he dropped 18 places and finished the Open Championship in 43rd place, he still celebrated the greatest success of his career to date. Perhaps the 2024 Open Championship was the starting signal for a stellar career for the young up-and-coming player.
He tried it. By any means necessary. Even with the driver from the fairway on the 16th to somehow force an eagle and put a bit of pressure on his fellow player and yet seemingly unattainable leader. But Justin Rose lost out in the duel between the Olympic champions and Xander Schauffele, and even the support from the Firth of Clyde didn’t help.
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After all, “Rosey” bid a fitting farewell to this 152nd Open Championship with a birdie on the 18th. At Royal Troon, the now 43-year-old was closer to the Claret Jug than he had ever been since he won the silver medal at the 1998 Open in Royal Birkdale 26 years ago as a 17-year-old amateur.
The Open Championship 2024: Justin Rose’s “magic moment”
He even had to fight for his starting place in the final qualifying round. And after local hero Robert MacIntyre had not been able to repeat his brilliant performances from the Scottish Open – perhaps the hangover had a longer lasting effect than hoped for – and Shane Lowry had withdrawn from the list of title contenders on the rainy Saturday, all patriotic hopes rested on Rose, as little as the English usually suffer in Scotland.
The 2013 US Open winner at Merion and gold medal winner at the 2016 Olympic comeback of golf also played a very solid round of 67, but all too often just a few centimetres were missing around the flag. Could have, could have, bicycle chain: with a few more putts converted, Rose could have made life much more difficult for his playing partner and, after 32 years, could have won another Claret Jug for England after Nick Faldo in 1992.
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In the end, however, Schauffele won in Scotland, and the loser showed greatness in the moment of defeat and a remarkable head-up mentality: “I left it all out there. That’s the deal I made with myself today — to come off with no regrets”, said Rose. “Well, I won second place, I won prizes, FedExCup points, all that stuff too. At that point, you’re being a professional. Then I walk 10 steps later, and I’m choking back tears. So, that’s the shift. Yeah, just personal, and enjoying 18 with the fans, too. I just think it’s such an amazing stage. For me, that’s the best look in golf, those two long grandstands that you walk down and the big yellow leaderboard. That’s what I associate as a magic moment. You want to walk off the golf course going, ‘Yeah, I didn’t squander that.’ ’’