How the Open Championship Rota Works

The Open moves among a small pool of coastal links, the rota. St Andrews, Muirfield, Royal Birkdale, Royal St Georges, Royal Lytham, Royal Liverpool, Royal Troon, Carnoustie, Turnberry and Royal Portrush make up the modern core.

Each club hosts roughly once a decade, and the R and A weighs history, infrastructure and the quality of the links. The Old Course hosts most often, around every five years when the calendar allows..