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Open Championship Venues
Just 14 courses have hosted the Open Championship since the competition was founded in 1860. St Andrews, the "Home of Golf", has hosted the competition the most times at 28 times.
The Royal & Ancient have announced
the following venue for future Open Championships: Royal St George's (2011), Royal Lytham & St Annes (2012), Muirfield (2013) and Royal Liverpool (2014).
The following lists the great locations to have hosted the Open Championship:
| Venue |
Instances |
Years Hosted |
| St Andrews |
28 |
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 |
| 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 |
| Muirfield |
15 |
1892, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1929, 1935, 1948, 1959, 1966, 1972, 1980, 1987, 1992, 2002 |
| Royal St George's |
13 |
1894, 1899, 1904, 1911, 1922, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1949, 1981, 1985, 1993, 2003 |
| Royal Liverpool |
11 |
1897, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1924, 1930, 1936, 1947, 1956, 1967, 2006 |
| Royal Lytham & St Annes |
10 |
1926, 1952, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1988, 1996, 2001 |
| Royal Birkdale |
9 |
1954, 1961, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1991, 1998, 2008 |
| Royal Troon |
8 |
1923, 1950, 1962, 1973, 1982, 1989, 1997, 2004 |
| Carnoustie |
7 |
1931, 1937, 1953, 1968, 1975, 1999, 2007 |
| Musselburgh |
6 |
1874, 1877, 1880, 1883, 1886, 1889 |
| Turnberry |
4 |
1977, 1986, 1994, 2009 |
| Royal Cinque Ports |
2 |
1909, 1920 |
| Prince's Golf Club |
1 |
1932 |
| Royal Portrush |
1 |
1951 |
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