The R&A have confirmed that Royal Lytham & St Annes will host the 2028 Open Championship.
Royal Birkdale will take centre stage in 2026, with St Andrews penned in for 2027 with the Old Course traditionally hosting The Open every five years, and the venue for 2028 has now been announced, returning after a 16-year absence.
Chief executive of the R&A Mark Darbon said: "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.
"This is one of golf’s most cherished and historic venues and The Open’s return to these famous links will spark huge interest among fans to be part of one of the world’s great sporting events and celebrate the rich traditions of golf’s original Championship."
Lytham, which has hosted The Open 12 times, hasn't played host since 2012, when Ernie Els won in dramatic style. Adam Scott was four shots clear of the South African, who would make four birdies on the back nine on Sunday, only to bogey each of the final four holes to lose by one.
Its previous hosting was in 2001, when David Duval, one of the world's best golfers at the time, won his first and only major championship, beating Niclas Fasth by three shots.
Lytham was also the site of two of Seve Ballesteros's Open wins, and was also the venue for the great Bobby Jones's first Open win back in 1926.
