British Open to return to Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2028
The British Open will be held at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club for the first time since 2012 with a 2028 return, officials announced Monday.
Spain's Sergio Garcia was among the golfers who participated in the 2012 British Open, the last time the tournament was held at Royal Lytham & St Annes. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI April 27 (UPI) -- The British Open will be held at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club for the first time since 2012 with a 2028 return, tournament officials announced Monday. Golfers will return to the course from Aug.
3 to 6, 2028, on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England. The tournament will be held at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, in 2027. This year's 154th British Open will be held July 16 to 19 at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England.
"Royal Lytham & St Annes is widely renowned as one of the world's finest links courses and has witnessed many great championship moments since the Open was first played there in 1926 when the legendary Bobby Jones won," R&A chief executive Mark Darbon said in a news release. Ernie Els won the Claret Jug the last time the tournament was held at Royal Lytham & St Annes. David Duval (2001) and Tom Lehman (1996) were among the other most recent British Open champions at the course.
Georgia Hall won the Women's British Open at the course in 2018. That tournament will return this year, with competitors facing off July 29 to Aug. 2 at Royal Lytham & St Annes.