[1][2][3][4][5] The Gleneagles Hotel opened in 1924 and is located one hour outside of Edinburgh and set in grounds of 850 acres (340 ha; 1.33 sq mi).

Four qualifying events took place on Monday July 18, for players who were not already exempt, at three venues in Scotland; Ladybank Golf Club, Fife, and Glenbervie Golf Club, Falkirk, each hosting a qualifying event while Blairgowrie Golf Club in Perth hosted an event on each of its two courses; the Rosemount and the Lansdowne.

[7] 51 players, including former PGA Tour winners Carlos Franco, David Frost and Len Mattiace, advanced from the qualifying competitions and joined the 93 exempt players for the championship.

Sunday, 24 July 2022 53-year-old Darren Clarke birdied the par-5 final hole to win by a stroke and became the fourth man to win both The Open Championship and The Senior Open Championship, joining Gary Player, Bob Charles and Tom Watson.

When the last group of Clarke and Paul Broadhurst had five holes to go at 6 p.m., play was suspended due to heavy rain and resumed at 8 p.m.[9] Source:[10]