Muirfield has waited 21 years before it finally gets to host another Open — the seniors.
The R&A announced Tuesday that Muirfield will host the Senior British Open in 2028 for the first time since it welcomed the senior men in 2007 won by Tom Watson.
Still to be determined is whether Muirfield, regarded as the purest of the links on the Open rota, again gets the oldest championship in golf.
The Open Championship hasn’t been held at Muirfield since Phil Mickelson won in 2013.
The next open date is 2029, meaning it will be at least 16 years between Opens at the East Lothian links in Scotland. Muirfield has never waited more than 13 years since the Open resumed after World War I.
At issue is whether Muirfield makes changes to its course to accommodate larger crowds the R&A prefers to have in a modern Open. Muirfield did host the Women’s British Open in 2022.
The next two Opens on the rotation are St. Andrews next year and Royal Lytham & St. Annes in 2028. Royal Lytham & St. Annes last hosted the Open in 2012.
