The Open, decision for LIV players is official

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Not just The Masters and the US Open.

Players who have left the PGA Tour or the DP World Tour to move to the Arab Super League, from Cameron Smith to Dustin Johnson, from Phil Mickelson to Brooks Koepka, will also be able to participate in the 151st edition of The Open, the last scheduled men's Major of 2023 from 20 to 23 July in Hoylake, in the county of Merseyside in England.

The Open, decision

The R&A has in fact published a list of players who already have the pass to play in the coveted tournament and among these there are, among others, Smith (reigning champion), Henrik Stenson, Mickelson, Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Koepka.

The tournament was first held in October 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club on Scotland's west coast, with eight participants playing each other in one day over a distance of 36 holes. The competition was born as an attempt to identify the new golf champion following the death of Allan Robertson, considered the best player of his time and who died in 1859; the first winner was Willie Park Sr., who beat Tom Morris Sr. by two strokes. The following year the tournament became open to non-professional players as well. From 1871 the Open was not organized by Prestwick Golf Club alone, but the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers of Muirfiled joined; the Royal and Ancient Golf Club became the only tournament organizer since 1920.[4] In 1892 the competition was extended to 72 holes, while two years later the first edition of an Open outside Scotland was held at Royal St George's Golf Club, England; in 1898 the cut was introduced after two laps of the field.

The tournament has always been played since 1860 except for four occasions: in 1871, when no agreement was found on the new prize for the champion; between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I, between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II, and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it counts, as of 2021, 149 editions.

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