2016 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO ROYAL TROON

The  Open Championship will be hosted by Royal Troon Golf Club in July 2016, 12 years after it was last held at the Ayrshire venue where an almost unknown American Todd Hamilton beat South African Ernie Els in a play-off to claim the Claret Jug.
Royal Troon has hosted the event eight times in all.
The Open will be held in Scotland three times in four years, beginning with Muirfield in 2013, St Andrews in 2015 and Royal Troon 12 months later.