Hosting record of Open Championship venues |
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| Course | Number of times | Years hosted |
| Scotland | 98 | |
| Prestwick | 24 |
1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1875, 1878, 1881, 1884, 1887, 1890, 1893, 1898, 1903, 1908, 1914, 1925
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| St Andrews | 30 |
1873, 1876, 1879, 1882, 1885, 1888, 1891, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1921, 1927, 1933, 1939, 1946, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1970, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2022
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| Musselburgh | 6 |
1874, 1877, 1880, 1883, 1886, 1889
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| Muirfield | 16 |
1892, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1929, 1935, 1948, 1959, 1966, 1972, 1980, 1987, 1992, 2002, 2013
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| Royal Troon | 10 |
1923, 1950, 1962, 1973, 1982, 1989, 1997, 2004, 2016, 2024
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| Carnoustie | 8 |
1931, 1937, 1953, 1968, 1975, 1999, 2007, 2018
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| Turnberry | 4 |
1977, 1986, 1994, 2009
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| England | 52 | |
| Royal St George’s | 15 |
1894, 1899, 1904, 1911, 1922, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1949, 1981, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011, 2021
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| Royal Liverpool | 13 |
1897, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1924, 1930, 1936, 1947, 1956, 1967, 2006, 2014, 2023
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| Royal Cinque Ports | 2 | 1909, 1920 |
| Royal Lytham & St Annes | 11 |
1926, 1952, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1988, 1996, 2001, 2012
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| Prince’s | 1 | 1932 |
| Royal Birkdale | 10 |
1954, 1961, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1991, 1998, 2008, 2017
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| Northern Ireland | 3 | |
| Royal Portrush | 3 |
1951, 2019, 2025
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Future Venues |
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| Year | Edition | Course | Town | County | Country | Dates | Last hosted |
| 2026 | 154th | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Southport | Merseyside | England | 16–19 July | 2017 |
| 2027 | 155th | Old Course at St Andrews | St Andrews | Fife | Scotland | 15–18 July | 2022 |
Records
• Oldest winner: Old Tom Morris (46 years, 102 days), 1867
• Youngest winner: Young Tom Morris (17 years, 156 days), 1868.
• Most victories: 6, Harry Vardon (1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914)
• Most consecutive victories: 4, Young Tom Morris (1868, 1869, 1870, 1872 (there was no championship in 1871)
• Lowest score after 36 holes: 129, Louis Oosthuizen (64-65), 2021
• Lowest score after 54 holes: 197, Shane Lowry (67-67-63), 2019
• Lowest final score (72 holes): 264, Henrik Stenson (68-65-68-63), 2016
• Lowest final score (72 holes) in relation to par: −20, Henrik Stenson (68-65-68-63=264), 2016; Cameron Smith (67-64-73-64=268), 2022
• Greatest victory margin: 13 strokes, Old Tom Morris, 1862. This record stood for all majors until 2000, when Tiger Woods won the US Open at Pebble Beach by 15 strokes. Old Tom Morris’ 13-stroke margin was established over 36 holes
• Lowest round: 62, Branden Grace, 3rd round, 2017; a record across all majors
• Lowest round in relation to par: −9, Paul Broadhurst, 3rd round, 1990; Rory McIlroy, 1st round, 2010
• Wire-to-wire winners (after 72 holes with no ties after rounds): Ted Ray in 1912, Bobby Jones in 1927, Gene Sarazen in 1932, Henry Cotton in 1934, Tom Weiskopf in 1973, Tiger Woods in 2005, and Rory McIlroy in 2014
• Most runner-up finishes: 7, Jack Nicklaus (1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1979)
