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![]() The reigning champion is American Brian Harman, who won the 2023 Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club with a score of 271. The success of the tournament has led to many other open golf tournaments to be introduced around the world. In practice, the current event is a professional tournament in which a small number of the world's leading amateurs also play, by invitation or qualification. It is called The Open because it is in theory "open" to all, i.e. Since the PGA Championship moved to May in 2019, the Open has been chronologically the fourth and final major tournament of the year. The Open is one of the four men's major golf championships, the others being the Masters Tournament, the PGA Championship and the U.S. Later the venue rotated between a select group of coastal links golf courses in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. ![]() Music flows through the streets at the Shetland Folk Festival, and rugby players take to the field in Melrose in the Borders at the world’s oldest Sevens tournament.Location in Merseyside Show map of Merseyside The weather is improving, and the days are getting longer. Laughter is in the air with Glasgow’s comedy festival, while its annual film festival continues the cultural vibe in Scotland’s largest city. The bluebells explode into bloom across the country in April, as the woods on the shores of Loch Lomond come into flower and the ospreys return to their Loch Garten nests. March can be a quiet month in Scotland, but as the weather improves, spring is on the horizon. The days are getting longer, the much anticipated Six Nations Rugby Tournament kicks off, and snowdrops begin to bloom. ![]() You can ski and snowboard across the country’s half-dozen ski resorts, too. It’s cold and dark, making January the best time for stargazing and searching for the Northern Lights.įebruary is the coldest month of the year and is usually the best for adrenaline-pumping winter mountaineering and ice climbing. Then Burns Night comes along with events across Scotland. Scotland shakes off its Hogmanay hangover in January and gets back to work (a day later than the rest of the UK, on January 3), but only after taking a dip in the sea in places like South Queensferry and Broughty Ferry on New Year’s Day. January and February in Scotland bring cold, short days – but plenty of opportunities for winter sports © Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock This is the peak month for sighting minke and killer whales on the west coast, with the basking sharks arriving to join the bountiful dolphins. It’s a great time to visit the Outer Hebrides too, and take in the biggest festival there, “ Heb Celt.”Įdinburgh becomes the cultural epicenter throughout August, with myriad festivals, ceilidhs, whisky extravaganzas and more taking place all over the mainland and islands, as locals and visitors enjoy the long northern summer nights. The program is actually closer to half a dozen festivals than one single event, so book travel and accommodation well in advance. It stays light late in Orkney, while darkness is practically non-existent in far-north Shetland’s “simmer dim” (the island’s summer-evening twilight). It’s high season for bird-watchers as well, and the best time to visit Shetland’s 100 islands and Orkney’s 80. Scotland’s social calendar fills up in summer. School holidays kick off in July, as does the busiest time of year for Scottish tourism. Each August, Edinburgh’s population swells with performers and visitors who flock to its world-famous cultural festivals © georgeclerk / Getty Images July and August are the best time for festivals
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