Editing The Open Championship (section)

===Old Course at St Andrews===

[[File:Swilken Bridge, Old Course geograph-6310525-by-Gordon-Hatton.jpg|thumb|The Swilken Bridge with St Andrews clubhouse in the background]]
The [[Old Course at St Andrews]] is regarded as the oldest golf course in the world, and winning the Open there is widely considered to be one of the pinnacles of achievement in golf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usa.golfbreaks.com/local-guides/scotland-guide/st-andrews-fife-angus-and-perthshire/top-10-courses-in-st-andrews-fife-angus-and-perthshire/|title=Top 10 courses in St Andrews, Fife, Angus and Perthshire|website=GolfBreaks|access-date=15 January 2019|archive-date=16 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116050245/https://usa.golfbreaks.com/local-guides/scotland-guide/st-andrews-fife-angus-and-perthshire/top-10-courses-in-st-andrews-fife-angus-and-perthshire/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Given the special status of the Old Course, the Open is generally played there once every five years in the modern era, much more frequently than the other courses used for the Open.<ref name="List of Winners/Venues" /> 

Previous champions will often choose St Andrews as their final Open tournament. It has become traditional to come down the 18th fairway to huge applause from the amphitheatre crowds, and to pose for final pictures on the [[Swilcan Bridge|Swilken Bridge]] with the picturesque clubhouse and town in the background.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/tom-watson-says-goodbye-british-open-st-andrews |title=Tom Watson Says Goodbye To British Open at St. Andrews |date=18 July 2015 |work=Golf.com |access-date=15 January 2019 |archive-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116095923/https://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/tom-watson-says-goodbye-british-open-st-andrews |url-status=live }}</ref>