St Andrews will host The 155th Open in 2027 as the major returns to the home of golf.

The Championship, which will be played from July 15-18, returns to St Andrews for the first time since The 150th Open in 2022 when Cameron Smith produced a remarkable final-round 64 on the Old Course to lift the famous Claret Jug.

It will also mark 100 years since legendary amateur Bobby Jones triumphed in The Open at St Andrews in 1927 when his six-shot margin victory saw him successfully defend the title he won the previous year at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

“There is something incredibly special about The Open being played on the Old Course and so many of the great champions have walked these fairways since the first staging here in 1873,” said Mark Darbon, chief executive of The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.

“St Andrews is the home of golf and it generates a unique atmosphere for the fans and the players as well as providing an amazing spectacle on television and digitally for millions of viewers around the world.

“It promises to be another milestone occasion at one of sport’s greatest and most historic venues and we will be doing everything we can to make it a memorable experience for everyone involved.”

The Old Course at St Andrews first hosted The Open in 1873 when the 13th Championship was played over an 18-hole course for the first time and was won by Tom Kidd. Since then it has held the Championship on 30 occasions, the most recent being in 2022.

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