Royal Troon will host the 152nd Open Championship in 2023, extending Muirfield and Turnberry's wait to host golf's oldest major.
A century after staging The Open for the first time, Troon will welcome the world's top players for the tenth occasion, just seven years after Henrik Stenson lifted the Claret Jug following an epic duel with Phil Mickelson.
R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said: "The 100th anniversary at Royal Troon is important and it's a great course.
"It throws up some very exciting finishes, it has terrific infrastructure and with it hosting the AIG Women's Open in August it's nice to keep some momentum going. It ticks a lot of boxes."
Slumbers admitted that the size of the crowds which each of the ten courses on the Open rota can accommodate has become an important factor, which bad news for the likes of Muirfield and Turnberry, with Muirfield attracting 142,306 spectators in 2013.
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