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British Open Championship course rotation  
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From 1860-70, The Open Championship was organized by and played at Prestwick Golf Club. Since it was revived in 1872 after a lapse of one year, it has always been played at a number of courses in rotation. Initially there were three courses in the rotation, namely Prestwick, St Andrews, and Musselburgh. In 1893 Royal St George's and Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake were invited to join the rotation. Since then a handful of further clubs have been added, and a few have been dropped.

	There are nine courses in the current rota:
	Old Course at St Andrews: In 1873 the "Home of Golf" became the second course to host the Open. Nowadays, it does so more often than any other course. Since 1990 it has been scheduled every fifth year.
	Carnoustie Golf Links, Championship Course: Another Scottish course, the Royal Burgh of Carnoustie first hosted The Open in 1931, and it rejoined the rotation by hosting The Open in 1999 after an absence of 24 years. It will host again in 2007.
	Muirfield: Muirfield is a private course which was built for The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, one of the trio of clubs which ran The Open in the 1870s and 1880s. It first staged The Championship in 1892, just nine months after it had been built.
	The Westin Turnberry Resort, Ailsa Course: A course on the southwest coast of Scotland which hosted The Open in 1977, 1986, and 1994. It will host again in 2009 after a fifteen year absence. [1]
	Royal Troon Golf Club, Old Course: This Scottish course has been in the rotation since 1923.
	Royal St George's Golf Club: This course is in the town of Sandwich in the county of Kent in southeast England. In 1894 it became the first Open venue outside Scotland.
	Royal Birkdale Golf Club: This course in northwest England has been in the rotation since 1954. Royal Birkdale will host The Open in 2008.
	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club: Also in northwest England, this course first hosted The Open in 1926, and entered the rotation in 1952.
	Royal Liverpool Golf Club: The home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, which is often referred to simply as "Hoylake", joined the rotation in 1897 and hosted ten Opens up to 1967. After a 39 year absence from the rotation, it hosted the 2006 Open Championship.
	Courses which are no longer in the rota:
	Prestwick Golf Club: The founder club was dropped from the rotation in 1925, by which time it had hosted twenty-four Opens.
	Musselburgh Links: Musselburgh is a public course which was used by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. When that club built Muirfield, Musselburgh dropped out of the rotation.
	Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club: This course in the town of Deal in Kent, England hosted the Open in 1909 and 1920.
	Prince's Golf Club: Like Royal St George's on the current rota, this course is in Sandwich, Kent, England. It hosted its only Open in 1932.
	Royal Portrush Golf Club: The 1951 Open was staged at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

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