St Andrews Old Course
St Andrews Old Course: first recorded 1552. Par 72, 7,305 yards. Cameron Smith won the 2022 Open Championship here with 268 (−20).
St Andrews Old Course: first recorded 1552. Par 72, 7,305 yards. Cameron Smith won the 2022 Open Championship here with 268 (−20).
St Andrews Old Course: first recorded 1552. Par 72, 7,305 yards. Cameron Smith won the 2022 Open Championship here with 268 (−20).
Updated October 24, 2026
108 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
The R&A
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Open Championship Cameron Smith | 268 (−20) | lowest winning score in this event · by 1 stroke |
| 2015 | Zach Johnson | 273 (−15) | won in a playoff |
| 2010 | Louis Oosthuizen | 272 (−16) | by 7 strokes |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | 274 (−14) | by 5 strokes |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | 269 (−19) | by 8 strokes |
| 1995 | John Daly | 282 (−6) | won in a playoff |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo | 270 (−18) | by 5 strokes |
| 1984 | Seve Ballesteros | 276 (−12) | by 2 strokes |
| 1978 | Jack Nicklaus | 281 (−7) | by 2 strokes |
| 1970 | Jack Nicklaus | 283 (−5) | won in a playoff |
| 1964 | Tony Lema | 279 (−9) | by 5 strokes |
| 1960 | Kel Nagle | 278 (−14) | by 1 stroke |
| 1957 | Bobby Locke | 279 (−9) | by 3 strokes |
| 1955 | Peter Thomson | 281 (−7) | by 2 strokes |
| 1946 | Sam Snead | 290 (−2) | by 4 strokes |
| 1939 | Dick Burton | 290 (−2) | by 2 strokes |
| 1933 | Denny Shute | 292 (E) | won in a playoff |
| 1927 | Bobby Jones | 285 (−7) | by 6 strokes |
| 1921 | Jock Hutchison | 296 | won in a playoff |
| 1910 | James Braid | 299 | by 4 strokes |
| 1905 | James Braid | 318 | by 5 strokes |
| 1900 | John Henry Taylor | 309 | by 8 strokes |
| 1895 | John Henry Taylor | 322 | by 4 strokes |
| 1891 | Hugh Kirkaldy | 166 | by 2 strokes |
| 1888 | Jack Burns | 171 | by 1 stroke |
| 1885 | Bob Martin | 171 | by 1 stroke |
| 1882 | Bob Ferguson | 171 | by 3 strokes |
| 1879 | Jamie Anderson | 169 | by 3 strokes |
| 1876 | Bob Martin | 176 | won in a playoff |
| 1873 | Tom Kidd | 179 | by 1 stroke |
The R&A
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lydia Ko | 281 (−7) | by 2 strokes |
| 2013 | Stacy Lewis | 280 (−8) | lowest winning score in this event · by 2 strokes |
| 2007 | Lorena Ochoa | 287 (−5) | by 4 strokes |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Adrian Meronk | 268 (−20) | DP World Tour |
| 2025 | Robert MacIntyre | 198 (−18) | DP World Tour |
| 2024 | Tyrrell Hatton | 264 (−24) | DP World Tour |
| 2023 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 197 (−19) | DP World Tour |
| 2022 | Ryan Fox | 273 (−15) | DP World Tour |
| 2021 | Danny Willett | 270 (−18) | DP World Tour |
| 2019 | Victor Perez | 266 (−22) | DP World Tour |
| 2018 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 273 (−15) | DP World Tour |
| 2017 | Tyrrell Hatton | 264 (−24) | DP World Tour |
| 2016 | Tyrrell Hatton | 265 (−23) | by 4 strokes · European Tour |
| 2015 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 270 (−18) | by 2 strokes · European Tour |
| 2014 | Oliver Wilson | 271 (−17) | by 1 stroke · European Tour |
| 2013 | David Howell | 265 (−23) | won in a playoff · European Tour |
| 2012 | Branden Grace | 266 (−22) | by 2 strokes · European Tour |
| 2011 | Michael Hoey | 266 (−22) | by 2 strokes · European Tour |
| 2010 | Martin Kaymer | 271 (−17) | by 3 strokes · European Tour |
| 2009 | Simon Dyson | 268 (−20) | by 3 strokes · European Tour |
| 2008 | Robert Karlsson | 278 (−10) | won in a playoff · European Tour |
| 2007 | Nick Dougherty | 270 (−18) | by 2 strokes · European Tour |
| 2006 | Pádraig Harrington | 271 (−17) | by 5 strokes · European Tour |
| 2005 | Colin Montgomerie | 279 (−9) | by 1 stroke · European Tour |
| 2004 | Stephen Gallacher | 269 (−19) | won in a playoff · European Tour |
| 2003 | Lee Westwood | 267 (−21) | by 1 stroke · European Tour |
| 2002 | Pádraig Harrington | 269 (−19) | won in a playoff · European Tour |
| 2001 | Paul Lawrie | 270 (−18) | by 1 stroke · European Tour |
European Tour (unofficial team event)
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Spain | ||
| 1999 | Spain | ||
| 1998 | South Africa | ||
| 1997 | South Africa | ||
| 1996 | United States | ||
| 1995 | Scotland | ||
| 1994 | Canada | ||
| 1993 | United States | ||
| 1992 | England | ||
| 1991 | Sweden | ||
| 1990 | Ireland | ||
| 1989 | United States | ||
| 1988 | Ireland | ||
| 1987 | England | ||
| 1986 | Australia | ||
| 1985 | Australia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 276 (−12) | by 1 stroke · The R&A / European Senior Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Vicente Fernández | 288 (E) | by 1 stroke · European Tour / DP World Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Graham Marsh | 286 (−2) | by 6 strokes · European Tour / DP World Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Charlie Ward | 290 | won in a playoff · pre-European Tour |
The R&A
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Stuart Wilson | 4 & 3 | |
| 1981 | Philippe Ploujoux | 4 & 2 | |
| 1976 | Dick Siderowf | 37 holes | |
| 1963 | Michael Lunt | 2 & 1 | |
| 1958 | Joe Carr | 3 & 2 | |
| 1950 | Frank Stranahan | 8 & 6 | |
| 1936 | Hector Thomson | 2 up | |
| 1930 | Bobby Jones | 7 & 6 | |
| 1924 | Ernest Holderness | 3 & 2 | |
| 1913 | Harold Hilton | 6 & 5 | |
| 1907 | John Ball | 6 & 4 | |
| 1901 | Harold Hilton | 1 up | |
| 1895 | Leslie Balfour-Melville | 19 holes | |
| 1891 | Johnny Laidlay | 20 holes | |
| 1889 | Johnny Laidlay | 2 & 1 | |
| 1886 | Horace Hutchinson | 7 & 6 |
USGA / The R&A
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | United States | 14.5-11.5 | |
| 1975 | United States | 15.5-8.5 | |
| 1971 | Great Britain & Ireland | 13-11 | |
| 1955 | United States | 10-2 | |
| 1947 | United States | 8-4 | |
| 1938 | Great Britain & Ireland | 7.5-4.5 | |
| 1934 | United States | 9.5-2.5 | |
| 1926 | United States | 6.5-5.5 | |
| 1923 | United States | 6.5-5.5 |
The R&A
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Nancy Roth Syms | 3 & 2 | |
| 1965 | Brigitte Varangot | 4 & 3 | |
| 1929 | Joyce Wethered | 3 & 1 | |
| 1908 | Maud Titterton | 19 holes |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | United States | 13-7 | USGA / The R&A |
The Society of St Andrews Golfers, formed in 1754, reduced the course from its original 22 holes to 18 ten years later, in 1764, fixing the 18-hole round.
In 1553 the Archbishop of St Andrews administered confirmation that at last allowed the community to play golf over the links.
At the 1995 Open Costantino Rocca holed a long putt from the Valley of Sin on the 18th to force a playoff with John Daly.
Source: Top 100 Golf Courses: 10 of the world's most famous golf holes you can actually play
In 1834 William IV bestowed royal patronage on the Society, which then changed its name to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.
The 17th, the Road Hole, asks for a tee shot over the corner of the Old Course Hotel to a narrow green guarded by the Road Hole bunker and the road behind that gives the hole its name.
Source: Top 100 Golf Courses: 10 of the world's most famous golf holes you can actually play
The stone bridge over the Swilcan Burn is crossed on the 18th fairway, with the R&A clubhouse as backdrop; it is thought to have been built by the Romans.
Source: Top 100 Golf Courses: St Andrews Old Course · Top 100 Golf Courses: 10 of the world's most famous golf holes you can actually play
A deep hollow just short of the 18th green that complicates the approach and the final putt.
Source: Top 100 Golf Courses: 10 of the world's most famous golf holes you can actually play
Allan Robertson widened the fairways and created the giant shared double greens in 1848; some greens occupy more than an acre.
The Old Course is closed for play on Sundays, so there is no ballot for Sunday tee times; the public may walk the course freely instead.
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 1–4 October 2026 | Adrian Meronk | here: R1-R3 rotation (each player one round on each course) · DP World Tour |
| 2025 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2–5 October 2025 | Robert MacIntyre | shortened · here: R1-R3 rotation (each player one round on each course) · DP World Tour |
| 2024 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 3–6 October 2024 | Tyrrell Hatton | here: R1-R3 rotation (each player one round on each course) · DP World Tour |
| 2023 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 5–9 October 2023 | Matt Fitzpatrick | shortened · DP World Tour |
| 2022 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 29 September – 2 October 2022 | Ryan Fox | here: R1-R3 rotation · DP World Tour |
| 2022 | 150th Open Championship 14–17 July 2022 | Cameron Smith | both |
| 2021 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 30 September – 3 October 2021 | Danny Willett | here: R1-R3 rotation · DP World Tour |
| 2020 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 1–4 October 2020 | canceled · DP World Tour | |
| 2019 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 26–29 September 2019 | Victor Perez | here: R1-R3 (three-course rotation) · DP World Tour |
| 2018 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 4–7 October 2018 | Lucas Bjerregaard | here: R1-R3 (three-course rotation) · DP World Tour |
| 2017 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 5–8 October 2017 | Tyrrell Hatton | here: R1-R3 (three-course rotation) · DP World Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
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