St. Andrews to host Senior Open for the first time in 2018
The 50-plus set will get to take on St. Andrews as a major championship venue.
The Old Course will host the Senior Open Championship in 2018, marking the first time the Scottish course will host a senior major.
The British Open has been played at the Home of Golf on 29 occasions, including last July. The Women's British Open has been there twice. In two years, the seniors get their chance.
Tom Watson, five-time Open champion, was ecstatic about the news.
"I am thrilled at the news that the Senior Open Championship will be staged over the Old Course for the first time in 2018," Watson said. "Only last July, I played what I believed would be my final competitive round of golf at The Open, and the reception I received as darkness fell on that Friday evening will stay with me always."
The Senior Open Championship, which began in 1987, was played at Sunningdale in England last year, with Marco Dawson winning. It'll be played this year at Carnoustie for the second time.
"By agreeing to bring this wonderful Championship to the Home of Golf in July 2018, they have allowed not just me, but many other great champions, an opportunity to return to a venue that means so much to everyone who plays the game."
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