The Open Tickets

The Open 2027 tickets for the 155th Open Championship at St Andrews, Fife. The four Championship days run Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 2027, and TicketsToSee holds independent course admission for every day from £325 to £395 per person.

On this page: Key facts · Tickets by day · What admission covers · How to get British Open tickets · Which day to go · The 155th Open at St Andrews · The Old Course · Winners at St Andrews · Getting to St Andrews · Qualifying · Open venues · Hospitality · FAQs

The Open 2027 Tickets: Key Facts

• Championship: The 155th Open, golf’s oldest major
• Venue: The Old Course, St Andrews Links, Fife
• Championship week: Sunday 11 to Sunday 18 July 2027
• Championship days: Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 2027
• Prices: £325 Thursday and Friday, £345 Saturday, £395 Sunday, per person

The Open Tickets by Day

• Thursday 15 July – Round One, the full field starts. £325
• Friday 16 July – Round Two and the cut. £325
• Saturday 17 July – Round Three, moving day. £345
• Sunday 18 July – the final round and the Claret Jug. £395

What British Open Course Admission Covers

Course admission gives entry to the public spectator areas for one Championship day: the walking routes around the course, the spectator village, food and drink outlets, merchandise areas and the open viewing positions along the fairways and around the greens. It does not include reserved seating, hospitality or clubhouse access.

How to Get British Open Tickets

The R&A issues tickets through its own Ticket Ballot, which has now closed for 2027. The remaining official routes are the R&A hospitality programme and ticket-and-travel packages, both arranged directly with The Open. Where the ballot was unsuccessful, TicketsToSee holds independent course admission for all four Championship days.

TicketsToSee is an independent business. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or an official partner of The R&A, The Open or St Andrews Links, and we cannot confirm validity or admission on the organiser’s behalf. We source our availability independently through secondary market and supplier channels.

Which Day of The Open to Attend

Thursday gives you the full field and the easiest walking. Friday carries the tension of the cut. Saturday, moving day, usually offers the best balance of competition and atmosphere. Sunday decides the Championship, carries the presentation of the Claret Jug and is the most crowded day of the week. Tee times, gate times and the daily Order of Play are published by The R&A closer to the Championship.

The 155th Open at St Andrews

St Andrews is where the Championship began, and 2027 is the 31st time the Old Course has staged The Open. It is the first return since 2022, when Cameron Smith won the 150th Open in front of the largest crowds the event had seen. The Championship is officially titled The Open Championship; in the UK it is widely searched as the British Open. They are the same event, organised by The R&A.

The Old Course and the Road Hole

The Old Course is the oldest and most recognisable links in golf, defined by shared fairways, vast double greens where two flags sit on one surface, and ground that runs firm and fast in July. The 17th, the Road Hole, is the most demanding hole in Championship golf. The 18th, with the Swilcan Bridge behind it and the town at its shoulder, is the best place to stand late on the Sunday. The low, open terrain lets spectators watch play across several holes at once.

Open Championship Winners at St Andrews

Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, Peter Thomson, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, John Daly, Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen, Zach Johnson and Cameron Smith have all lifted the Claret Jug on the Old Course. Nicklaus and Woods each won there twice, Woods for the second time in 2005.

Getting to St Andrews for The Open

St Andrews is in north-east Fife, about an hour and a half from Edinburgh and under an hour from Dundee. The town has no railway station; the nearest is Leuchars, about five miles away, with connecting buses and taxis. Edinburgh Airport is the main arrival point, with Glasgow and Aberdeen as alternatives. Accommodation in the town is booked far in advance, so many spectators stay in Dundee, Cupar or along the Fife coast, and park-and-ride is the practical option for drivers.

How Open Championship Qualifying Works

The Open is the most open of the four majors. Exemptions cover past champions, leading players in the world rankings and winners of qualifying events across the global tours. Final Qualifying then gives professionals and leading amateurs a route in through one-day events at links courses in the weeks before the Championship, which is why unfamiliar names appear in the field each July.

Open Championship Venues

The Open rotates across a small group of links courses: St Andrews, Royal Troon, Carnoustie, Royal Portrush, Royal Liverpool, Royal Lytham & St Annes, Royal St George’s and Royal Birkdale. After St Andrews in 2027, the Championship moves to Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2028.

Official Hospitality at St Andrews

The R&A operates a hospitality programme with guaranteed admission across the Championship days, and The Open Experiences handles packages combining official tickets with hotels and transfers. Both are arranged directly with the organiser rather than through us.

The Open 2027 Tickets: FAQs

When is The Open 2027?

Championship week runs from Sunday 11 to Sunday 18 July 2027. The four Championship rounds are played Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July, with practice rounds earlier in the week.

Where is the British Open 2027 being held?

At the Old Course, St Andrews Links, in Fife, Scotland. It is the 31st time St Andrews has staged the Championship.

How much are The Open 2027 tickets?

TicketsToSee course admission is £325 per person for Thursday and Friday, £345 for Saturday and £395 for Sunday.

How do I get British Open tickets?

The R&A ballot has closed for 2027. The remaining official routes are the hospitality programme and ticket-and-travel packages, arranged directly with The Open. TicketsToSee holds independent course admission for all four Championship days.

Is TicketsToSee an official partner of The Open?

No. TicketsToSee is an independent secondary market specialist and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or an official partner of The R&A, The Open Championship or St Andrews Links Trust.

Which day of The Open is best to attend?

Thursday for the full field and easy walking, Friday for the cut, Saturday for the best balance of competition and atmosphere, and Sunday for the finish and the Claret Jug.

What should I wear to St Andrews in July?

Dress for changeable coastal weather: layers, a waterproof outer and footwear you can walk five miles in. The wind off the North Sea makes a difference even on a dry day.

Who has won The Open at St Andrews?

Champions on the Old Course include Bobby Jones, Peter Thomson, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, John Daly, Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen, Zach Johnson and Cameron Smith, who won the 150th Open there in 2022.

Where will The Open be played after 2027?

The Championship moves to Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2028.

Experiencing The Open at St Andrews

The Open Championship is as much about how you experience it as the golf itself. St Andrews offers a setting where the Old Course unfolds across open, shared ground rather than behind ropes and grandstands, so a spectator’s day is shaped by the decisions they make on arrival. There is no single correct way to watch it, but there is a difference between drifting through a links course for six hours and planning a day that actually rewards the effort of being there.

Following a group or holding a position on the Old Course

Two approaches work, and they suit different people. Moving with a marquee group gives you the rhythm of a round as it is played — the recovery from a pot bunker, the long walk down a fairway shared with players coming the other way, the moment a leaderboard changes and the crowd reacts around you. It is the closest a spectator gets to the competition itself. The cost is distance covered, and by the back nine most people feel it.

Settling at one hole gives you something different: repetition, comparison, and the chance to watch how the entire field solves the same problem. The Old Course rewards this better than most venues. The 17th, the Road Hole, punishes the timid and the reckless in equal measure and will produce more drama over four days than any three holes elsewhere. The 18th, with the Swilcan Bridge behind it and the town at its shoulder, is the most recognisable closing hole in the sport. The double greens — where two flags share one enormous surface — turn ordinary approach play into something worth stopping for.

Attending The Open with guests or clients

If you are bringing people who do not follow golf closely, a fixed base changes the day entirely. Walking a links course in July weather, with no guaranteed seat and no shelter, is a long day for anyone attending out of politeness rather than interest. A structured base — somewhere to return to, sit down, eat properly and talk — lets guests dip into the golf on their own terms and come back when they have had enough. It is the difference between a day people endure and a day people remember.

The rhythm of an Open day

Championship golf runs on a longer clock than most sports. Play begins early and continues until the light goes, and the leaders are often on the course long after the first groups have finished. Mornings are quieter, and the ground is easier to move across. Afternoons build. If you want to see the contenders, the last two hours of a round carry the weight — but arriving early and leaving late is a fourteen-hour proposition, and few people sustain that across all four days.

Weather, wind and links conditions in Fife

St Andrews sits on the Fife coast, exposed to the North Sea, and the wind is not a footnote — it is the defining variable. A calm morning and a blustery afternoon are effectively two different golf courses, and the scoring reflects it. Dress for four seasons regardless of the forecast, wear footwear you can walk five miles in, and accept that rain arriving sideways is part of the character of the week rather than a disruption to it. The players plan around it. Spectators should too.

Flexibility across the Championship week

The best days are rarely the ones planned in rigid detail. Leaderboards move, groups get rearranged, and a hole that looked quiet at ten o’clock can be the most compelling place on the property by four. Leaving room to change your mind — to abandon a plan and follow something unfolding — is usually what separates a good day from a memorable one.

Taking in the occasion at the Home of Golf

There is also the part that has nothing to do with the golf. St Andrews is where the Championship began and where its history is thickest: the R&A clubhouse, the grey stone of the town running down to the first tee, the crowds on the closing holes late in the day. Give yourself time to stand still in it. The people who come away with the most from an Open week are usually the ones who spent part of it simply watching, rather than chasing.