As expected, the R&A have announced that the 2015 Open Championship will be staged at St Andrews.
Old Course to play host for the 29th time in four years' time
As expected, the R&A have announced that the 2015 Open Championship will be staged at St Andrews.
The Old Course has been used on the Open rota in five-year intervals since 1990 and last year witnessed South African Louis Oosthuizen triumph by seven shots.
The 2015 Open, the 144th in its history, takes place from July 16-19 and will be the 29th time that golf's oldest major championship will be held at St Andrews.
Delighted
R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said: "We are delighted to announce that The Open will be returning to St Andrews and the historic Old Course in 2015.
"St Andrews has proved time and again that it is perfectly equipped to host The Open and I am certain we will yet again see a worthy winner lift the Claret Jug.
"Players, spectators and officials alike will welcome a return to the game's spiritual home and I fully expect that we will witness another thrilling Championship."
The cream has often risen to the top in Opens at St Andrews with many legends of the game lifting the Claret Jug there.
Tiger Woods won by eight and five shots in 2000 and 2005 respectively, joining past winners that include J. H. Taylor (1895, 1900), James Braid (1905, 10), Bobby Jones (1927), Peter Thomson (1955), Bobby Locke (1957), Jack Nicklaus (1970, 78), Seve Ballesteros (1984) and Sir Nick Faldo (1990).
Next year's Open will be held Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, with Muirfield staging the tournament in 2013 and Royal Liverpool (Hoylake) in 2014.
