British Open future sites through 2026

The 152nd British Open has come and gone, with Xander Schauffele coming out on top for his second career major at Royal Troon’s Old Course, the q10th time the venue hosted the oldest major in golf.

The R&A, which runs the Open, calls the tournament “nature’s test of character”, stating on its website:

“Links golf is nature in all its unforgiving force – and The Open is where nature is pitted against the very best of the very best. It’s where champions must set aside what came before. Alone, skill and years of diligent preparation are not enough.”

Unlike the U.S. Open and PGA Championship, which have a multitude of future sites announced, the Open has just two.

Take a look at the next two Open Championship host venues.

Go to theopen.com for more information.

2025

The first hole at Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club. (Richard Heathcote/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

Royal Portrush

COUNTRY ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND

The 153rd Open Championship is set for 2025 at Royal Portrush just six years after Shane Lowry’s emotional win in 2019.

2026

Royal Birkdale Golf Club. (Photo: David Cannon/Getty Images)

Royal Birkdale

SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND

The 154th Open Championship will be the host for the Open Championship for the 11t time in 2026.

Last holding the major in 2017 when Jordan Spieth won it, Royal Birkdale was founded in 1889 and first hosted the Open in 1954.

Winners of the Open there also include Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson and Padraig Harrington.

Open Championship sites, past and present

An aerial view of the finishing three holes with the Barry Burn on the Carnoustie Championship Course, venue for the 2007 Open Championship. (David Cannon/Getty Images)

Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland

Muirfield, Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland

Royal Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, England

Royal Liverpool, Hoylake, Wirral, England

Royal Lytham & St. Annes, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, England

Royal Portrush, Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Royal St George’s, Sandwich, Kent, England

Royal Troon, Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland

St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Turnberry, Turnberry, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Musselburgh, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland

Prestwick, Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Prince’s, Sandwich, Kent, England

Royal Cinque Ports, Deal, Kent, England

Who has won the most Open championships?

American golfer Francis Ouimet, (center) shakes hands with Harry Vardon (left) and Ted Ray at the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Harry Vardon won the Open six times: 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914.

Which course has hosted the most Opens?

Old Course at St. Andrews

St. Andrews has hosted the Open Championship the most, 30 times in all: 1873, 1876, 1879, 1882, 1885, 1888, 1891, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1921, 1927, 1933, 1939, 1946, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1970, 1979, 1984, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2022.