{"id":1245951,"date":"2023-07-11T10:35:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T10:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/royal-birkdale-to-host-open-championship-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:45:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:45:52","slug":"royal-birkdale-to-host-open-championship-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/royal-birkdale-to-host-open-championship-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Birkdale to host Open Championship in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 154th Open Championship will be played at Royal Birkdale in 2026, the R&A have announced.<\/p>\n

The Southport venue has hosted the Open on 10 previous occasions, most recently in 2017 when Jordan Spieth edged out fellow American Matt Kuchar to lift the Claret Jug.<\/p>\n

Three shots clear of Kuchar heading into the final round, Spieth was a shot behind after his fifth bogey of the day on the 13th, which involved a 20-minute ruling and playing his third shot from the practice ground.<\/p>\n

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Jordan Spieth speaks to an official on the 13th hole during the final round of the 2017 Open Championship (Andrew Matthews\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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But the former Masters and US Open champion amazingly played the next four holes in five under par to card a remarkable closing 69 and finish three shots clear of the unfortunate Kuchar.<\/p>\n

The victory gave Spieth the third leg of a career grand slam and saw him join the likes of Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Padraig Harrington in winning the Open at Royal Birkdale.<\/p>\n

R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said: \u201cRoyal Birkdale is a world-class championship venue and its outstanding links will once again provide the world\u2019s best men\u2019s professional golfers with a tough but fair test of their talents and capabilities as they compete for the Claret Jug.<\/p>\n