It will be at St. Andrews. I've read that it's more common to get selected for it than the Masters, and even if you're not selected, you can always just buy tickets online.

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Posted by lsupride87

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Posted on 7/22/26 at 4:57 pm to Witty_Username

Me and 5 others did the lottery for the 150th open at st Andrew’s and we all won

Kinda feels automatic

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Posted by prostyleoffensetime

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Posted on 7/22/26 at 6:51 pm to Witty_Username

I entered, but yeah there’s multiple ways to get them.

Does anyone have any insight on how to do it when it’s at the Old Course?

Is staying in St Andrews affordable? Doesn’t seem like it. Should we stay in Dundee? Edinburgh and catch a train? Some country house on VRBO?

We’re doing it as a family trip, so it will be people anywhere from 5-60. We’re going to reach out to a travel agent that helped with a trip to the Paris Olympics for the cousins we’re going with.

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Posted by Big L

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Posted on 7/22/26 at 8:00 pm to prostyleoffensetime

I just got back from st Andrews, and I can’t imagine how cool it would be to watch an open there. The course is flat but undulating so I’d imagine grandstands will be key to being able to see anything, especially on the very huge and undulating green complexes.

Out driver said that traffic into st Andrews is awful just on a good weather weekend because they have a nice beach there, so I’d imagine that commuting in to town would be time consuming. There aren’t a lot of hotels in town so you might have to spend a ton to stay in town. If you are going to go there, you should add in playing a round or at nearby courses. Our favorites were Kingsbarns and Carnoustie. Kingsbarns is much closer, and more fun/easier.

I’d try to go again but I’ll have to save up a few years before I can do it again.

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