The 152nd Open Championship takes place from 18-21 July at Royal Troon in Scotland.
American Brian Harman is the defending champion as 156 players compete to win the Claret Jug and be crowned ‘Champion Golfer of the Year’.
BBC Sport will have live radio commentary on 5 Live across all four days, with daily TV highlights on BBC Two.
There will also be live text commentary, in-play clips, video highlights, reaction and analysis on the BBC Sport website and mobile app.
When is The Open 2024?
Round one – Thursday, 18 July
Round two – Friday, 19 July
Round three – Saturday, 20 July
Round four – Sunday, 21 July
The tee-times and groupings for rounds one and two will be announced on Tuesday, 16 July.
Where is The Open taking place?
Royal Troon on the west coast of Scotland is hosting its 10th Open Championship.
The Ayrshire coast’s Old Course was laid out in 1878, expanded to 18 holes 10 years later and then underwent a redesign by five-time Open winner James Braid before staging its first Open in 1923.
A traditional ‘out and back’ links course, Troon’s opening holes typically play downwind offering lots of birdie opportunities before a more challenging test follows on the route back to the clubhouse.
What is the Postage Stamp?
The 123-yard par-three eighth is the most iconic hole at Royal Troon.
It is often played in a crosswind with the tiny green – hence ‘postage stamp’ – well protected by five deep bunkers. Three wait for anything short or left, while a sharp run off to the right leads to more sandy trouble.
Already the shortest hole on The Open rota, it could be further cut this week to just 99 yards if weather conditions allow.
Seven-time major winner Gene Sarazen, the 1932 Open champion, became the oldest player in championship history to ace the hole, at the age of 71 in 1973.
However, it is easy to rack up big numbers.
Tiger Woods, winner of three Opens, hit a triple-bogey six to end his chances in 1997, while German amateur Hermann Tissies took five shots to escape from a bunker on his way to a 15 in 1950.
It comes two holes after the par-five sixth, Turnberry, which at 623 yards, will be the longest in Open Championship history.
What is the prize money at The Open?
The total prize money for this year’s championship is yet to be announced.
American left-hander Harman collected a record $3m from a $16.5m (£12.7m) pot for winning at Royal Liverpool in 2023.
That was an 18% increase on the fund for the 150th Open at St Andrews in 2022.
“Our aim is to ensure The Open remains at the pinnacle of world golf and we have almost doubled the prize fund since 2016,” said R&A chief Martin Slumbers last year.
Bryson DeChambeau picked up $4.3m after winning last month’s US Open, while Scottie Scheffler’s second Masters victory in April earned him $3.6m. Fellow American Xander Schauffele collected $3.3m for winning the US PGA Championship in May.
Are Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods playing The Open?
World number two Rory McIlroy is set to play in his 15th Open Championship.
The 2014 champion arrives at Troon for the final major of 2024 still looking to end his 10-year drought in golf’s most prestigious events.
McIlroy came incredibly close to winning a fifth major at last month’s US Open, where he led by two shots with five to play, but three bogeys in his final four holes saw him finish runner-up to Bryson DeChambeau.
The Northern Irishman is the defending champion at this week’s Scottish Open, at the Renaissance Club in East Lothian, in his first appearance since the US Open.
Tiger Woods is also scheduled to play.
The 48-year-old, who has overcome a catalogue of injuries, always says he will only turn up to play an event if he thinks he can win it.
However, the 15-time major champion has struggled and only completed nine rounds of competitive golf in 2024.
Woods withdrew from his first tournament of the year, February’s Genesis Invitational, during the second round. He played all four rounds of the Masters but finished last of the 60 players to make the cut.
He then missed the halfway cut at both the US PGA Championship and US Open and has not played since.
This will be just his fourth start in the past nine Open Championships. He finished joint sixth in 2018 but has missed the cut in his two appearances since then.
Who are the favourites to win The Open?
World number one Scottie Scheffler is enjoying a stellar season having won six times, including April’s Masters. However, the American, who was arrested and then released during the US PGA Championship in May, is making just his fourth appearance at an Open.
He finished joint eighth on his debut in 2021 but has ended up outside the top 20 in the two that followed.
Xander Schauffele is a man for the majors, having recorded top-20 finishes in each of his past 10 starts, including winning his first at the PGA two months ago. He is yet to miss a cut at The Open and showed he had the game for a links layout with victory at the 2022 Scottish Open.
His fellow American Collin Morikawa has missed the cut at his past two Opens after winning the Claret Jug in 2021. But he is re-finding his form in the majors with top-five finishes at the Masters and US PGA this year.
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