Which golf courses have hosted The Open?

Since 1860 only 14 golf courses have had the honour to host The Open. In order to host The Open you have to be a links course and located in Scotland, England or Northern Ireland. The Open is the last tournament played of the four majors in golf, being U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and the Masters Tournament. Four clubs are not part of the rota anymore, these clubs are:

• Prestwick Golf Club, where the first Open was played in 1860. Overcrowding problems in 1925 meant that Prestwick was not used for the Open anymore and was replaced by Carnoustie Golf Links as the third Scottish course. 
• Musselburgh Links. Musselburgh was used by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, one of the organisers of The Open between 1872 and 1920. In 1891 the Honourable Company built their own course - Muirfield - which took over the hosting of The Open.
• Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club. Royal Cinque Ports was to host the Open in 1938 and 1949 but both had to be moved to Royal St George's Golf Club due to abnormally high tides flooding the course. It was removed from the rota because of its location in Deal, which is an English town with small, narrow roads. The modern Open is too large to be hosted here. Royal Cinque Ports is still used for qualifying for the Open. 
• Prince's Golf Club. The only club which hosted the Open only once. The course was severely damaged in World War II. The reason why the Open not returned to this course is not really known, although the fact that famous neighbour Royal St George's Golf Club became host of the Open - see above - might have something to do with this. Still used for qualifying for the Open. 

Below all the Open venues are listed, based on the amount of Opens they have hosted since 1860.

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