scheduled tribe. Andrews, Scotland: The British Open will be played with Royal Liverpool in 2023 and Royal Tron in 2024, R&A announced on Monday.
The tournament has been rescheduled due to the cancellation of this year’s Open at Royal St Georges Coronavirus Ubiquitous epidemic. It was the first time since 1945 that the tournament was canceled.
The famous Kent Lynx will host the British Open from July 11-18, 2021, as previously announced. St Andrews will remain the site of the 150th Open, scheduled for 2022.
The British Open has been held 12 times at Royal Liverpool, most recently in 2014 when Rory McElroy won the Claret Jug.
Royal Tron has hosted nine times in Scotland. In 2016 Heinrich Stenson won there.
We thank everyone involved in clubs and our partner organizations for supporting our plans and being flexible to adapt our own schedules, ”said R&A CEO Martin Slatz. We can now see the best players in the world competing with each other in these best bonding courses in 2023 and 2024.
The scheduled dates are July 16–23, 2023 at Royal Liverpool and July 14–21, 2024 at Royal Tron.
The British Open is the original golf championship, first played in 1860.
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