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The Open Championship, golf’s oldest major, returns to Royal Troon Golf Club’s Old Course in 2024. The year will mark The Open’s 152nd year, and the tenth time that Royal Troon has hosted the event. The Golf Club recently hosted the AIG Women’s Open in 2020 which Sophia Popov won by 2 shots over Thailand’s Suwannapura. The last time Royal Troon Golf Club hosted The Open was the 145th Championship in 2016 where Swedish Golfer Henrik Stenson beat Phil Mickelson by three shots. Voyages.golf is your Authorised Provider for the 152nd Open Championship in 2024. Be there with official travel packages, play-golf experience, hospitality packages or part of our golf tours. Join the waitlist below to be part of this historic event. The 151st Open Championship is at Royal Liverpool, whilst the 153rd Open Championship is at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
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The Open Championship is run by the R&A, standing for Royal & Ancient society. This organisation has been a golf club since 14 May 1754. In the last century, it has evolved in three main areas: governing The Rules of Golf with the USGA, managing The Open Championship and other golf events, and the development of the sport worldwide.
The Open Championship is one of the most highly coveted golf majors, in equal standing with The US Masters, but it is much older competition in its 151st year at Royal Liverpool. The US Masters has been running for since 1934, while The Open began in 1860. The famed Claret Jug is the prize, along with being named the Champion Golfer of the Year. The prize pool is around $10 million, though the winner receives around $2 million. This is low when compared to other golf majors. The integrity of The Open Championship and renown that comes from winning it is why players return every year.
The Open rota is played on various golf courses in the United Kingdom, with the 148th Open being just the second time the major was held outside of Britain. Royal Portrush saw it once in 1951, and again in 2019 where Shane Lowry raised the Claret Jug. The 153rd Open Championship will return to Royal Portrush in 2025.
Format
Occurring over a week, the first half from Monday to Wednesday involves practice days. These are usually the best days to see all players because there is no chance of them missing the tournament cut. Thursday to Sunday are all tournament days. From a field of around 156 players, there are 73 left after the cut from Thursday onwards. The format is stroke play over four days, with 18 holes played each day.
Play is in groups of three in the first two days, and groups of two in the final two days. They are assigned as pairs by officials on the initial two days, Â with each player having one morning and one-afternoon tee-time. In the final two days, players tee off in reverse order of accumulated score, with the leaders last. After 36 holes, only the two 70 and tied players remain in the tournament and complete in the third and fourth round. If players are tied for the win on Sunday, they enter a 3-hole playoff, followed by sudden death if no winner emerges from the playoff.
Royal Troon Old Course - host of the 152nd Open Championship
The Royal Troon Golf Club is located on Scotland's southwest coast, in Ayrshire. Home to 36-holes of golf, the links complex features The Old Course and The Portland Course. Designed by George Strath, Willie Fernie and James Braid, the Old Course has a par of 71, and a total length of 7,175 yards or 6,561 metres. The Troon Golf Club was formed in 1878, and it gained 'Royal' status in 1978 by Queen Elizabeth. The links layout features the well-known 8th hole, 'The Postage Stamp,' with stunning backdrops of rugged Scottish mountains.
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