ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Open Championship is shifting again two weeks in 2028 to keep away from a battle with the Los Angeles Olympics, giving golf’s oldest championship its newest begin since 1893.
The Open can be performed Aug. 3-6 in 2028 at a hyperlinks course nonetheless to be introduced.
The Olympics, which return to Los Angeles for the third time, can be held July 14-30. That is proper within the typical time-frame of the Open Championship. The newest Olympic competitors in Paris in 2024 was from July 26 by way of Aug. 11, permitting The Open to maintain its conventional spot on the calendar.
The Open has been in July yearly it has been performed since 1936. The final time it completed later than July was in 1893 at Prestwick, the 12 months Harry Vardon made his debut in The Open.
The opposite three majors in males’s golf aren’t affected, although the PGA Tour doubtless must make changes for the top of its FedEx Cup season. The tour at present is taking a look at a brand new mannequin for 2027 and past.
In the meantime, the R&A additionally has moved the Ladies’s Open Championship to Aug. 17-20 in 2028 — it was held on Aug. 22-25 in 2024 due to the Paris Olympics. The Senior Open Championship can be Aug. 10-13, holding its spot per week after The Open.
The Related Press contributed to this story.
