2022

St Andrews

10 - 17 July 2022

St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

The likes of Willie Park Snr and Old Tom Morris could never have imagined what The Open would become when they played in the 1st Championship at Prestwick in 1860, with a field of just eight players.

Now, 162 years and 149 Opens later, the home of golf will host The 150^th Open at the Old Course, St Andrews. In what is sure to be a historic Open with record crowds, the world’s greatest players will descend on Fife to try and capture the Claret Jug.

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Decades of The Open

As we continue to count down to The 150th Open at St Andrews, our Decades of The Open series will explore the rich history of golf's original Championship.

The 1860s

Old Tom Morris and his son, Young Tom Morris, won six of the first 10 Opens between them, but the inaugural Championship in 1860 resulted in success for Willie Park Snr.

The 1870s

The second decade of The Open featured tragedy, controversy and a significant expansion of golf's original Championship.

The 1880s

The 1880s was the last decade in The Open's history to produce exclusively Scottish Champion Golfers.

The 1890s

There were three successes for amateurs at The Open in the 1890s, a decade that also witnessed the emergence of the Great Triumvirate.

The 1900s

James Braid won four Opens to match the tallies of J.H. Taylor and Harry Vardon in a decade that also featured the first overseas Champion Golfer

The 1910s

Harry Vardon became the most prolific Champion in Open history with two further triumphs in the 1910s

The 1920s

A transformative decade in Open history saw American dominance of the Championship for the first time

The 1930s

Americans continued to dominate at The Open in the early part of the 1930s, before Henry Cotton led an English revival in golf's original Championship