The Open: Royal Portrush to host in 2025

The Open Championship will return to Royal Portrush for a third time in July 2025, the R&A has confirmed.

The Northern Ireland course also hosted the event in 1951 and 2019, when Shane Lowry lifted the Claret Jug.

It is scheduled to be the 153rd edition of the oldest golf tournament in the world, which was won by Collin Morikawa at Royal St George's earlier this year.

The 2019 Championship at Royal Portrush attracted a record attendance for the event outside of St Andrews, with 237,750 fans descending throughout the week.

We are delighted to announce that The Open will return to @RoyalPortrush for The 153rd Open Championship pic.twitter.com/AL0kuj50gm
— The Open (@TheOpen) September 8, 2021

Martin Slumbers, chief executive of the R&A, said: "We could not be more thrilled to be bringing The Open back to Royal Portrush in 2025.

"There will be huge excitement among golf fans around the world to see the best men's players facing the challenge of this magnificent links once again.

"The Open in 2019 was a massive success and showed just how much collective enthusiasm, passion and commitment there is to make Royal Portrush one of the leading venues for the Championship and to build a distinctive golf tourism brand for Northern Ireland."

The landmark 150th Championship will be held at St Andrew's next year, with Royal Liverpool and Royal Troon hosting the event in 2023 and 2024 respectively.