The Open Championship will return to Carnoustie in 2029, for the primary time in 11 years.
Francesco Molinari gained the 2018 occasion on the Angus course, which additionally hosted the final time a Scottish winner took the Claret Jug when Paul Lawrie triumphed in 1999.
Different Carnoustie Open winners embody Padraig Harrington (2007), Tom Watson (1975) and Gary Participant (1968).
In all, the course has hosted the occasion eight instances since 1931.
New Zealand’s Ryan Fox gained this 12 months’s Open at Royal Birkdale, the 2027 occasion will likely be on the Outdated Course in St Andrews and the 2028 staging will likely be at Royal Lytham.
The 157th Open will likely be performed from 19-22 July, 2029.
And Royal & Historic Membership chief government Mark Darbon commented: “Carnoustie is a world-class championship venue the place a few of golf’s best gamers have lifted the Claret Jug and the return of The Open to those well-known hyperlinks after greater than a decade will give followers the chance to be a part of one other memorable chapter within the championship’s historical past.
“We need to proceed to ship an excellent expertise for gamers, followers and our companions at one of many world’s nice sporting occasions and so have labored carefully in collaboration with Carnoustie to assist guarantee their plans to boost the venue additionally help profitable stagings of The Open within the years forward.”
