Beyond 2004: Future Open Championships
2005
July 14-17Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
The course is located on the edge of the town, 55 miles from Edinburgh Airport via the M90 and A91. The Old Course has played host to the championship on a regular basis since 1873 when it first moved from its home at Prestwick. Tiger Woods won the latest Open over the historic links in the millennium championship of 2000 with a record breaking total of 269.
2006
July 20-23Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Hoylake, Liverpool, England
The course is located on Meols Drive (A540) between Hoylake and West Kirby, 10 minutes from Junction 2 of the M53 and less than 1 hour from Manchester International Airport. Royal Liverpool Golf Club was founded in 1869 and was responsible for inaugurating the Amateur Championship in 1885. It staged the first of its 10 Opens in 1897 when a member of the club, Harold Hilton, beat James Braid by a single shot. Peter Thomson won the third his five Open titles on the course in 1956 before Roberto de Vicenzo completed the list of Hoylake champions in 1967.
Read the transcript of our LIVE CHAT with Arthur Hills, celebrated course architect, as he answered questions on "At the Turn," presented by ING.
- Open Championship Notebook: Westwood inspired — Lee Westwood believes his best-ever finish in a major is just a sign of things to come, while Vijay Singh needs some rare time off to regroup before the PGA Championship and the final hole at Troon turned into a Love-fest. Plus, Jerry Kelly hustles back to Milwaukee, while low amateur Stuart Wilson will be back at work Monday morning, and more..
- Woods now reduced to talking about contending — Tiger Woods failed to win a major for the ninth time in a row Sunday at Royal Troon, and has finished an average of eight shots back in those losses. Where once all he discussed was winning, Woods now can only talk about what he needs to do to get back into the hunt in future majors.
- Mickelson can't wait for next year at St. Andrews — Don't get Phil Mickelson wrong. He's disappointed about coming up short in The Open Championship on Sunday, but he's also very encouraged. After having never finished in the top 10 in the Open, his third-place finish at Royal Troon has him believing he's come to grips with links golf and salivating for another chance to win on the famed Old Course in 2005.
- Els haunted by the Open-winning putt that got away — Ernie Els had a 10-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole of The Open Championship Sunday, but misread it. An hour later, he lost a playoff to Todd Hamilton, and admitted afterward that he will be thinking about that lost chance to win his second Open title for along time.
- Montgomerie falls short but proves he's not done yet — Colin Montgomerie didn't win The Open Championship on his home course of Royal Troon, as he failed to mount a rally on Sunday. But a strong performance in front of a supportive crowd proved that he's still an elite player and worthy of a wild-card selection to the European Ryder Cup team.
- Hamilton stuns Els in playoff to win claret jug — Move over Ben Curtis. You have company in the major shocker department. Little-known Todd Hamilton stared down the best players in the world and never blinked Sunday, winning the 133rd Open Championship in a stunning four-hole playoff over three-time major winner Ernie Els at Royal Troon Golf Club.
- Sunday Q&A with TNT's Billy Kratzert — TNT course reporter Billy Kratzert spent two hours Sunday morning in the tower off the 18th green and got a first-hand look at what the players faced at Royal Troon Golf Club. In his opinion, the conditions were the toughest they had been all week. He also offered his thoughts on surprise third-round leader Todd Hamilton's chances.
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