When is the 2027 Open?

The 155th Open runs 11–18 July 2027 at the Old Course, St Andrews. The four competition rounds are Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July; the days before are practice.

Are practice days worth a trip?

They are the best-value days in golf. Tickets cost a fraction of a competition day, the whole field is on the course, and you can stand where you like.

Can I stay in St Andrews?

Only if you booked a year or two out. The town has a few hundred hotel rooms; after that it is Dundee, the East Neuk or Edinburgh.

How do I get there without a car?

Train to Leuchars, then the bus. It is the normal way in and it runs reinforced all week.

Is it true the Old Course is public?

Yes — it is a public links owned by the town, which is why the Open keeps coming back here and why the tee times outside Open week go by ballot.

The Open Championship 2027

Name: The Open Championship 2027
Start: 2027-07-11
End: 2027-07-18
Location: The Old Course, St Andrews

St Andrews, United Kingdom

11–18 Jul 2027

Confirmed by organizer

The R&A stages the 155th Open as a full week, 11–18 July: practice from the Sunday, with the four competition rounds Thursday to Sunday.

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Hotels for these dates

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Our verdict

Go: Tuesday or Wednesday practice, then Sunday for the finish
Stay: Dundee
Book by: Summer 2026 — twelve months out, and St Andrews itself earlier than that

The Old Course is in a town with a few hundred hotel rooms, and the Open brings a quarter of a million people across the week. Practice days are the value: the same players, the same links, a fraction of the ticket and no fight for a bed.

Illustration: coastal links golf at dawn, dune grass bending in the wind, grey-blue sea beyond an open green, flag against soft Scottish light — Illustration — a generated image of the kind of scene, not a photograph of the venue.

Which days to go

Day	What happens	Hotel price	Our call
Practice days11–14 Jul 2027	Players walk the course and the crowd can get close; the town is already full	×2	Wednesday is the sweet spot — everyone is out, nobody is counting shots
Round oneThu 15 Jul	The first round, with the morning and afternoon draws split	×3	The cheapest competition day, and the one where you can still move on the course
Round twoFri 16 Jul	The cut falls at the end of the day	×3	Good if you want atmosphere without the Sunday crowd
Round threeSat 17 Jul	Moving day; the leaders go out last	×3.2	Book the Saturday night before you book the ticket
Final roundSun 18 Jul	The last round, finishing on the 18th in front of the town	×3.2	The finish on the Old Course is the reason to be here; stay Sunday night

Hotel price is what the same hotel costs on these dates against its rate four weeks before the event. Crowd and price are our estimates from how the event has run, not live rates.

Where to stay

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#	District	To the venue	Price	What it is
1	St Andrews	10 min walk	$$$$	A town of 17,000 with the first tee at the end of the street; a few hundred rooms
2	Dundee	40 min drive	$$	The nearest city, across the Tay; real hotels, half the price, a bus or a car
3	East Neuk	35 min drive	$$$	Fishing villages down the coast — Crail, Anstruther, Elie — and holiday lets
4	Cupar & Leuchars	25 min train	$$	Inland Fife, next to the station the trains actually stop at
5	Edinburgh	100 min train	$$$	An hour and a half each way, and the only place that cannot sell out

Hotel	What it is	Book
St Andrews
Old Course Hotel	Beside the 17th; the hardest booking of the week and priced accordingly	Booking Expedia
Rusacks St Andrews	Looks straight down the 18th fairway, which is the whole point	Booking Expedia
Dundee
Apex City Quay Hotel Dundee	Across the Tay with parking, 40 minutes door to course	Booking Expedia
Malmaison Dundee	City centre, and still bookable when Fife is not	Booking Expedia
East Neuk
The Ship Inn Elie	On the beach half an hour south, for a week that is also a holiday	Booking Expedia
Edinburgh
The Scotsman Hotel	The last resort with a train at the bottom of the hill	Booking Expedia

When to book

24 mo beforeJuly 2025
St Andrews hotels and the better holiday lets in town
Already gone
12 mo beforeJuly 2026
Everything in St Andrews, and the East Neuk villages
Already gone
6 mo beforeJanuary 2027
Dundee at a normal rate, and the Cupar and Leuchars rooms
3 mo beforeApril 2027
Anything in Fife; Edinburgh and a train is what is left

Getting there

There is no station in St Andrews. Trains from Edinburgh and Dundee stop at Leuchars, five miles away, and buses run from there to the town and the park-and-ride.

During Open week the R&A runs park-and-ride sites off the A91 — driving to the course itself is not an option, and the town’s own streets close.

From Edinburgh the train to Leuchars takes about an hour; add the bus and the walk and plan on ninety minutes each way.

Flights to EDI Trains and buses

Tickets

Official ticket ballot (theopen.com)Official

Also on these dates

Goodwood Festival of Speed15–18 Jul 2027 · Chichester

Questions

When is the 2027 Open?: The 155th Open runs 11–18 July 2027 at the Old Course, St Andrews. The four competition rounds are Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July; the days before are practice.
Are practice days worth a trip?: They are the best-value days in golf. Tickets cost a fraction of a competition day, the whole field is on the course, and you can stand where you like.
Can I stay in St Andrews?: Only if you booked a year or two out. The town has a few hundred hotel rooms; after that it is Dundee, the East Neuk or Edinburgh.
How do I get there without a car?: Train to Leuchars, then the bus. It is the normal way in and it runs reinforced all week.
Is it true the Old Course is public?: Yes — it is a public links owned by the town, which is why the Open keeps coming back here and why the tee times outside Open week go by ballot.

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