The British Open was last held at St. Andrews in '15.GETTY IMAGES
The British Open will return to the Old Course at St. Andrews in '21 for what will be the 150th edition of golf's oldest championship, the R&A announced, according to Shrivathsa Sridhar of REUTERS. The championship was last held at the venue in '15, when Zach Johnson defeated Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a four-hole playoff to win his second major. R&A CEO Martin Slumbers said, "The championship enjoys a historic and celebrated relationship with the Old Course and we are excited to be marking the occasion of the 150th Championship at the home of golf in 2021" (REUTERS, 2/12). The BBC reported it will be the 30th time the Scottish course has staged the tournament, "extending its own record" (BBC, 2/12).
NO READMISSION: In Edinburgh, Martin Dempster reported members of golf clubs in Carnoustie, Scotland, "will not be affected" by a no-readmission policy set to be in place at this year's Open Championship at the Angus venue. Concerns had been expressed in the build-up to the event about the local clubs "losing out financially due to the implementation of a new policy introduced at Royal Birkdale last year." But, according to Slumbers, members of those clubs "will be able to come and go freely when golf's oldest major returns to Carnoustie" for the first time since '07 (SCOTSMAN, 2/12).
