St Andrews, Scotland · Links
30 major championships hosted since 1873
Established
15th century
Designer
Old Tom Morris (evolved)
Par
72
Championship Yardage
7,305 yds
The Old Course at St Andrews is golf's most storied ground, the “Home of Golf,” where the game has been played for some six centuries. Owned by the public and managed by the St Andrews Links Trust, it has hosted The Open more times than any other venue.
Its enormous double greens, the Swilcan Bridge, the Road Hole 17th and the Valley of Sin in front of the 18th are among the most famous features in golf. Old Tom Morris shaped much of its modern character in the 19th century.
Lowest scoring marks recorded in major championship competition at St Andrews.
Course Record (round)
61
Ross Fisher, 2017 (Dunhill Links)
Lowest 72-Hole Total
269 (−19)
Tiger Woods, 2000
First Major Hosted
1873
Total Majors Hosted
30
Every major championship staged at St Andrews, by championship and year.
| Championship | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| The Open | 30 | 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, 2015, 2022 |
Defining rounds and championship moments in the history of St Andrews.
Jack Nicklaus won an 18-hole playoff over Doug Sanders after Sanders missed a short putt on 72 — Nicklaus famously hurled his putter skyward in celebration.
Severiano Ballesteros birdied the 72nd hole to beat Tom Watson, raising both fists in an image that became his trademark.
Tiger Woods won by eight, posting 19-under 269 without finding a single one of the course's 112 bunkers, completing the career Grand Slam at 24.
Zach Johnson won a three-man playoff over Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a weather-delayed championship.
St Andrews hosted the milestone 150th Open, won by Cameron Smith with a closing 64 — a fitting stage for the championship's anniversary.
Ross Fisher shot 61 in the 2017 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, the course record. In Open competition the lowest round is 65.
Tiger Woods set the standard at 19-under-par 269 when he won the 2000 Open by eight strokes.
The Old Course has staged The Open 30 times, more than any other venue, beginning in 1873.