{"id":625955,"date":"2026-04-23T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625955\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:20:09","slug":"where-will-2028-open-championship-be-held-lytham-st-geroges-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625955\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Will 2028 Open Championship Be Held? Lytham & St Geroge’s Favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"

We could finally know where the 2028 Open Championship will be held in the coming weeks, with both Royal Lytham & St Annes<\/a> and Royal St George’s<\/a> viewed as favorites.<\/p>\n

This year’s Open will be held at Royal Birkdale<\/a> with a return to St Andrews in 2027, but with just over two years to go the host of the 156th Open Championship in 2028 is still unknown.<\/p>\n

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That’s in stark contrest to the US Open, as the USGA has named all but three hosts for the next 26 years right up until 2051.<\/p>\n

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An announcement from the R&A is expected in the next few weeks but recent developments seem to have ruled out Muirfield<\/a>, while Turnberry is currently not being considered.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2028 Open Championship will be staged later than usual due to the Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles that year – with the tournament taking place between July 30-August 6.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph’s James Corrigan<\/a> suggests both Lytham and St George’s are vying for favoritism for 2028 given recent history and the current Open rota issues.<\/a><\/p>\n

The R&A has already spoken about the infrastructure issues at Turnberry, while they’re not keen on hosting The Open<\/a> at the Ayrshire venue while Donald Trump is still a sitting US President.<\/p>\n

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And the recent news that the Genesis Scottish Open<\/a> will be held at The Renaissance Club until 2030 appears to rule out Muirfield.<\/p>\n

The two clubs are neighbors and it would cause huge logistical issues to host the two events in back-to-back weeks – while the famed links also has requested updates to make to the course to allow for expanded practice facilities and an increase in crowd numbers.<\/p>\n

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With 16 Open Championships, only St Andrews on the current rota has hosted the battle for the Claret Jug more than Muirfield, but the wait for a first return since 2013 looks likely to go on a little longer.<\/p>\n

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Lytham has made structural changes including building a brand new hole to make the course big enough to stage a modern Open – with those changes being displayed this year when it hosts the AIG Women’s Open.<\/p>\n

With the Claret Jug last lifted on the Lancashire links by Ernie Els back in 2012, it’d be a welcome return to the course where so much history has been created during 11 previous Opens being held there.<\/p>\n

St George’s has staged 15 Opens, with the last only a few years ago in 2021, and with Birkdale, Troon, Portrush and Hoylake also more recent hosts the options for 2028 are limited.<\/p>\n

Carnoustie could be the wildcard, with the eight-time host last welcoming The Open back in 2018 for Francesco Molinari’s one Major victory, but there seems to be little buzz about a return right now.<\/p>\n

The R&A will seemingly put us out of our misery in the coming weeks but it looks a straight fight between the two English venues.<\/p>\n

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