As of this writing (July, 2026), only three future Open Championship sites have been locked in.<\/p>\n
Future Open Championship host golf courses: 2026 through 2028\n<\/p>\n
2026: The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club\n<\/p>\n
Location: Southport, Lancashire, England
Dates: July 16-19, 2026
Course architects: Frederick G. Hawtree & J.H. Taylor; Frederick W. Hawtree; Martin Hawtree; Mackenzie & Ebert
Past Opens hosted (10): 1954, 1961, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1991, 1998, 2008, 2017
Note: Ever since it broke into the rota in 1954, Birkdale has been a favorite Open Championship host golf course among the players, who appreciate its relatively straightforward challenges relative to some other, quirkier venues. The fairways feature relatively mild movement and holes are routed between dunes, rather than over and sometimes through them, as is the case elsewhere. The most recent round of course changes occurred in anticipation of the 2026 Open; architect Tom Mackenzie of Mackenzie & Ebert revamped the bunkering, substantially altered the par-5 14th and built an entirely new par-3 15th hole, which can play longer than 250 yards from the back tee. Birkdale’s list of champions, especially pre-1990, is incredibly strong: Peter Thomson (twice, in 1954 and 1965), Arnold Palmer (1961), Lee Trevino (1971), Johnny Miller (1976) and Tom Watson (1983). Jordan Spieth captured the most recent Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, in 2017.<\/p>\n
2027: The 155th Open Championship at The Old Course at St. Andrews Links\n<\/p>\n
Location: St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Where will the PGA Championship be held in future years?
Dates: July 15-18, 2027
Course architects: Unknown\/Local golfers (pre-1800); Allan Robertson; Old Tom Morris; Daw Anderson; Harry Colt; Mackenzie & Ebert
Past Opens hosted (30): 1873, 1876, 1879, 1882, 1885, 1888, 1891, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1921, 1927, 1933, 1939, 1946, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1970, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2022
Note: Golf’s closest analog to the Vatican has hosted more Open Championships than any other course, and the R&A seems intent on bringing the tournament to The Old Course every five stagings. Quirkily rumpled fairways, hidden pot bunkers and enormous double-greens are all reminders of how golf was played for centuries before becoming modernized and a massive industry unto itself. Still, the Old Course has not been immune from its own occasional updates in the form of refinished and repositioned bunkers and a seemingly unending slate of new championship tees, meant to try and combat the as-yet-unchecked forward march of driving distance. Now, the course has Open Championship tees that technically sit on three other neighboring courses, including a back tee for the iconic Road Hole, number 17, that sits across the wall that for centuries marked the western boundary of the links. Presumably the 160th Open Champion, when it returns to The Old Course, will be conducted under a new set of equipment regulations.<\/p>\n
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After hosting The 150th Open Championship in 2022, The Old Course at St. Andrews will welcome The 155th Open in 2027. David Cannon\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
2028: The 156th Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club\n<\/p>\n
Location: Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, England
Dates: August 3-6, 2028
Course architects: Harry Colt; Tom Simpson; Herbert Fowler; European Golf Design; Mackenzie & Ebert
Past Opens hosted (11): 1926, 1952, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1988, 1996, 2001, 2012
Note: Occupying one of the smallest pieces of land of any Open rota course, Lytham is a tactical test that historically has rewarded prudence more than power. Bunkers – 174 of them – litter the playing field, and most of them are of the pitch-out pot variety. Bobby Jones won the first Open contested here in 1926, and latter-day winners have included Peter Thomson (1958), Tony Jacklin (1969), Gary Player (1974) and Seve Ballesteros twice (1979, 1988). David Duval claimed his lone major at Lytham in 2001, and Ernie Els benefited from Adam Scott’s four-bogey run in 2012. Note the late date for the 2028 Open; it has been shifted a couple of weeks later due to the timing of the 2028 Olympic Games and its golf competition.<\/p>\n
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After a 16-year hiatus, Royal Lytham & St. Annes will return to The Open Championship rota in 2028. David Cannon\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where will The Open Championship be held in future years? The Royal & Ancient (R&A), the organization that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-796085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}