Cameron Smith tees off on the 18th gap throughout the last spherical of the one hundred and fiftieth Open at St. Andrews’ Outdated Course on July 17, 2022, in St. Andrews, Scotland.
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The house of golf has its subsequent Open Championship on the calendar.
The R&A introduced Thursday that the a hundred and fifty fifth Open Championship can be performed on St. Andrews’ Outdated Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, on July 15-18, 2027. That yr will even mark a major anniversary for golf’s oldest main, as it is going to be 100 years since beginner Bobby Jones received the 1927 Open at St. Andrews, profitable by six and defending his title from the earlier yr at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
2027 would be the thirty first taking part in of The Open at St. Andrews and first since 2022, when Cameron Smith began the day 4 again of co-leaders Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland however shot a final-round 64 to win by one over Cameron Younger.
Thursday’s information was additionally the primary announcement made out of Mark Darbon, the brand new chief govt of The R&A.
“I’m wanting ahead to The Open’s return to St. Andrews each bit as a lot because the followers and the gamers,” Darbon stated within the launch. “There’s something extremely particular about The Open being performed on the Outdated Course and so most of the nice champions have walked these fairways for the reason that first staging right here in 1873. St. Andrews is the house of golf and it generates a singular ambiance for the followers and the gamers in addition to offering a tremendous spectacle on tv and digitally for tens of millions of viewers all over the world. It guarantees to be one other milestone event at certainly one of sport’s best and most historic venues and we can be doing all the things we will to make it a memorable expertise for everybody concerned.”
The announcement additionally means Tiger Woods may get one other likelihood at St. Andrews. When he performed there in 2022 — and obtained an emotional farewell en path to a missed lower — Woods assumed it was seemingly his final Open at a spot he’s lengthy referred to as his favourite golf course on this planet.
Woods, who has received three Opens — together with two at St. Andrews — can be 51 when the 2027 Open arrives.
“It’s very emotional for me,” Woods stated after his spherical in 2022. “I’ve been coming right here since 1995, and I believe the subsequent one comes round in what, 2030? I don’t know if I can be bodily in a position to play by then. So to me it felt like this may need been my final British Open right here at St. Andrews. And the followers, the ovation and the heat, it was an unbelievable feeling.”
Whereas many U.S. Open and PGA Championship venues are mapped out years forward of time, The R&A solely publicizes the subsequent couple of Open venues prematurely.
