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List of The Open Championship venues : ウィキペディア英語版 | List of The Open Championship venues
The Open Championship is an annual golf competition that was established in 1860.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Open )〕 It is played on the weekend of the third Friday in July, and is the third of the four major championships to be played each year. In addition, this championship is conducted by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A). The championship is currently held on a different course each year, of the 14 that have been used, 10 are currently used in the rota. All the courses on the rota are links.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Heritage )〕 Prestwick Golf Club hosted the first championship in 1860 and remained the sole venue until 1873, when the Old Course at St Andrews hosted the event. Prestwick hosted a further 12 championships, the last in 1925.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Open Championship )〕 Musselburgh Links became the third course to host the championship in 1874. The three courses rotated the hosting of the championship until 1892 when Muirfield hosted the event. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh golfers built their own course at Muirfield and Musselburgh, which was removed from the rota as a result.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Musselburgh Opens )〕 Royal St George's Golf Club became the first course outside Scotland to host the championship in 1894.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal St Georges )〕 Royal Liverpool Golf Club hosted the event for the first time in 1897. Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club became the next course to host the event in 1909. The course hosted a further championship in 1920, but further attempts to host the Championship in 1938 and 1949 were thwarted by bad weather and the course was dropped from the rota.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Cinque Ports and The Open Rota )〕 Royal Troon, Royal Lytham & St Annes and Carnoustie held the Open Championship for the first time in 1923, 1926 and 1931 respectively. The following year Prince's Golf Club hosted the event for the only time. The course was requisitioned by the military during the Second World War and was extensively damaged. Royal Birkdale was chosen as the host course in 1940, however, due to due to the Second World War the event did not go ahead. It was not until 1954 that Royal Birkdale hosted the Open.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Birkdale )〕 The Old Course at St Andrews has hosted the most championships with 29 in total, most recently in 2015 Open Championship. The championship has only been held outside of Scotland and England once, in 1951 when Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland was the venue. Turnberry became the most recent course to have hosted the Championship for the first time, when it held the 1977 Open Championship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Turnberry )〕 ==Venues==
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