2024 British Open Dates, Golf Course
The 2024 British Open will be the 152nd time this golf tournament is played, its history dating all the way back to 1860. The Open Championship, as it is officially named, is one of the four major championships of men's professional golf.
2024 British Open dates: July 18-21, 2024
Golf course: Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Defending champion: Brian Harman won the 2023 British Open at Royal Liverpool by six strokes over a quartet of runners-up.
The British Open is the fourth of the four men's majors played each year, following The Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open. It is run by the R&A (Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews), and that organization announces the player groupings and tee times roughly a week prior to the tournament's start. Ticket information is available on theopen.com.
2024 British Open Links: Royal Troon
Royal Troon is the host course for the 2024 British Open, which will mark the 10th time the Open has been played there. Its first Open was in 1923.This is the list of years and Open champions at Royal Troon:
- 1923: Arthur Havers, 295
- 1950: Bobby Lock, 279
- 1962: Arnold Palmer, 276
- 1973: Tom Weiskopf, 276
- 1982: Tom Watson, 284
- 1989: Mark Calcavecchia, 275
- 1997: Justin Leonard, 272
- 2004: Todd Hamilton, 274
- 2016: Henrik Stenson, 264
Tournament FAQs:
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- Has an amateur ever won the British Open?
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