List of The Open Championship venues

The Honourable Company of Edinburgh golfers built their own course at Muirfield and Musselburgh was removed from the rota as a result.

[10] Royal Birkdale was chosen as the host course in 1940, however, due to the Second World War the event did not go ahead.

The championship has been held outside Scotland and England twice, in 1951 and 2019; Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland was the venue for both tournaments.

[14] However, Martin Slumbers, the Chief Executive of The R&A said in 2021, "We had no plans to stage any of our championships at Turnberry and will not do so in the foreseeable future.

We will not return until we are convinced that the focus will be on the championship, the players and the course itself and we do not believe that is achievable in the current circumstances.