The Previous Course at St Andrews has been confirmed because the host of the Open Championship in 2027.
The announcement by the Royal & Historical (R&A) maintains the five-year cycle the Previous Course has had, with only one exception, since 1990.
Royal St George’s was awarded the 2020 Open so the Previous Course – extensively considered the House of Golf – might stage the a hundred and fiftieth version of the sport’s oldest main the next 12 months.
Nonetheless, the Covid-19 pandemic meant the Claret Jug was contested on the Kent coast in 2021 earlier than the championship returned to Fife in 2022.
That was the thirtieth time St Andrews had been the host – comfortably forward of Prestwick with 24 – because it first did so in 1873.
The 2027 championship – from 15 to 18 July – would be the one centesimal anniversary of the nice Bobby Jones’ victory in The Open at St Andrews, the place six years earlier he had torn up his scorecard after taking 4 pictures to flee from a bunker on the eleventh.
For the R&A to return The Open to St Andrews to the common slot of years ending in a 5 or 0, because it had had since 1990, it could have needed to host both simply three years after it final did so – or seven.
As a substitute the governing physique has opted to retain the five-year cycle and awarded St Andrews the one hundred and fifty fifth Open, which means it is usually poised to host in 2032 and 2037.
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, 2025-01-23 13:01:00
