The Open will return to its traditional scheduling in 2029. Henry Nicholls / Getty Images
The Open Championship will temporarily have a new place on the calendar in 2028. The R&A confirmed Monday that the major championship, typically held in mid-July, will take place in August in 2028 to avoid conflict with the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
The 2028 Open will be played from Aug. 3 to 6, and the R&A has not yet announced a venue. The golf competitions at the Olympics will take place from July 19 to 29 at Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades. The dates of the AIG Women’s Open and the ISPS Senior Open have also been adjusted to make room for the Olympics.
“We have worked collaboratively with the relevant bodies and our partners to agree alternative dates for staging our major championships in 2028 to accommodate the Olympic golf competitions,” said Mark Darbon, the Chief Executive of the R&A. “We appreciate the constructive discussions we have had with all of the stakeholders and believe that providing clarity on the dates now will assist with the planning of the global golf calendar in 2028.”
The Open will return to its traditional scheduling in 2029.
The PGA Tour has not announced whether it plans to adjust its schedule for the Olympic Games in 2028. The adjusted dates for The Open would likely conflict with the Wyndham Championship, as it stands now, which is the final full-field event of the PGA Tour season.
Golf returned to the Olympics in 2016 after its exclusion from the Games for more than a century. In 2028, a new mixed-team golf event will debut in addition to the individual stroke play competitions for men and women. The new format will be 36 holes: 18 holes of foursomes and 18 holes of four-ball, with one male and one female teaming up per country.
