The 152nd edition of the British Open will get underway Thursday with a field of 158 golfers looking to take home the Claret Jug and the golf season’s final major title.
Royal Troon – just outside Glasgow in Scotland – will be hosting this year’s event for the 10th time in its history.
The par-71 course measures 7,385 yards from the championship tees, but – as with most courses in the Open rota – the wind, gorse and bunkers will all play major roles in how it plays.
Among Troon’s most notable holes are the 632-yard, par-five No. 6, the Open’s longest hole, and the par-3 No. 8, better known as the “Postage Stamp.” It’s the Open’s shortest par 3, playing from as little as 99 up to 123 yards.
The par-3 eighth “Postage Stamp” hole at Royal Troon’s Old Course in Troon, Scotland. (David Cannon/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)
The Open is July 18-21, Thursday through Sunday, on the Old Course at Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland. Founded in 1878, it last hosted the British Open in 2016, when Sweden’s Henrik Stenson prevailed in a thriller over Phil Mickelson.
How to watch 2024 British Open on TV
The Open will be broadcast live over the air on NBC and on cable on USA Network, with NBC’s Peacock offering the streaming. The tentative broadcast schedule is as follows (all times ET):
Thursday, July 18
First round, 1:30 a.m.- 4 a.m., Peacock
First round, 4 a.m.-3 p.m., USA Network
First round, 3 p.m.-4:15 p.m., Peacock
Friday, July 19
Second round, 1:30 a.m.- 4 a.m., Peacock
Second round, 4 a.m.-3 p.m., USA Network
Second round, 3 p.m.-4:15 p.m., Peacock
Saturday, July 20
Third round, 5 a.m.-7 a.m., Peacock
Third round, 7 a.m.- 3 p.m., NBC/Peacock
Sunday, July 21
Final round, 4 a.m.-7 a.m., Peacock
Final round, 7 a.m.- 2 p.m., NBC/Peacock
The R&A’s website is also streaming “Live at the Range” as well as featured groups and “Postage Stamp Live”, showing all the shots on the famed par 3.
