List of The Open Championship venues
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The Open Championship is an annual golf competition established in 1860, and is organised by The R&A. It is played on the weekend of the third Friday in July, and is the last of the four major championships to be played each year. The championship is held on a different course each year. Fourteen courses have hosted the event, all links courses in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. Ten are currently used in the rota.
Prestwick Golf Club hosted the first championship in 1860 and remained the only venue until 1873, when the Old Course at St Andrews hosted the event. Prestwick hosted a further 12 championships, the last in 1925. Musselburgh Links became the third course to host the championship in 1874. The three courses rotated the hosting until 1892 when Muirfield hosted the event. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh golfers built their own course at Muirfield and Musselburgh was removed from the rota as a result. Royal St George's Golf Club became the first course outside Scotland to host the championship in 1894.
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