Discover the courses visited by the R&A

The Open Championship is held each year on some of the most beautiful courses in the world. This collection of courses, known as the Open Championship rota, has hosted some of the greatest moments in major championship history and is well known to golf fans around the world.

The R&A claims that there is no “official” Open Championship calendar, but since 1933 only 10 courses have hosted The Open Championship. So it’s safe to say that these 10 courses make up the calendar, official or otherwise.

Here are the 10 courses on the Open Championship program.

St Andrews (old course)

Location: Fife, Scotland
Open championships organized: 30
Most recent winner: Cameron Smith, 2022
His first prize: $2,500,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 3

Muirfield

Location: East Lothian, Scotland
Open championships organized: 16
Most recent winner: Phil Mickelson, 2013
His first prize: $945,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 12

Royal St. George’s

Location: Sandwich, England
Open championships organized: 15
Most recent winner: Collin Morikawa, 2021
His first prize: $2,070,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 33

Liverpool Royal

Location: Hoylake, England
Open championships organized: 13
Most recent winner: Brian Harman, 2023
His first prize: $3,000,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 93

Royal Lytham and St. Annes

Location: Lytham St. Annes, England
Open championships organized: 11
Most recent winner: Ernie Els, 2012
His first prize: $900,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 74

Royal Birkdale

Location: Southport, England
Open championships organized: ten
Most recent winner: Jordan Spieth, 2017
His first prize: $1,845,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 42

Troon Royal (Old)

Location: Troon, Scotland
Open championships organized: 9
Most recent winner: Henrik Stenson, 2016
His first prize: $1,175,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 66

Carnoustie

Location: Carnoustie, Scotland
Open championships organized: 8
Most recent winner: Francesco Molinari, 2018
His first prize: $1,890,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 40

Tournebeer (Ailsa)

Location: Turnberry, Scotland
Open championships organized: 4
Most recent winner: Stewart Cink, 2009
His first prize: $1,221,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 18

Royal Portrush

Location: Portrush, Northern Ireland
Open championships organized: 2
Most recent winner: Shane Lowry, 2019
His first prize: $1,935,000
GOLF Top 100 World Ranking: 16

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