The Open Championship will return to Royal Lytham & St. Annes in 2028, the Royal & Ancient announced Monday.

It will be Royal Lytham’s 12th time hosting the event, but the first since 2012. Royal Lytham — located in Lancashire, England — is also hosting the upcoming AIG Women’s Open, starting in late July.

“This is one of golf’s most cherished and historic venues and The Open’s return to these famous links will spark huge interest among fans to be part of one of the world’s great sporting events and celebrate the rich traditions of golf’s original Championship,” Mark Darbon, the CEO of R&A, which runs The Open, said in a statement Monday.

The announcement means The Open will once again not be played at President Donald Trump’s Turnberry course in Scotland. Turnberry hasn’t hosted the event since 2009, five years before Trump bought the course.

Infrastructure and logistics pose challenges for Turnberry, which is far from an airport and also has a small road in and out. In July, Darbon said he had talks with Eric Trump, the president’s son, about logistical issues.

Politics also remains a factor. Trump’s visit to the course in July led to protests, including an artwork by Greenpeace of Trump’s face on a beach facing Turnberry with the words “Time to resist — fight the billionaire takeover.”

In 2021, former R&A CEO Martin Slumbers said the event would not return to Turnberry “until we are convinced that the focus will be on the championship, the players and the course itself and we do not believe that is achievable in the current circumstances.” In 2024, Slumbers said the R&A “cannot allow external media noise to overshadow what remains the original and most historic championship in golf.”

Royal Lytham, on the other hand, spent months improving its course and infrastructure with an eye toward bringing back the Open. The last time the course hosted the event, Ernie Els won for the second time after a series of bogeys by Adam Scott. Royal Lytham is a rare major venue that begins with a par-3.

“The Club has a long and successful association with The Open, and we take great pride in our place within the Championship’s history,” Tim Walker, Chairman of Council at Royal Lytham & St Annes, said in a statement. “It is fitting that this announcement comes as we mark 100 years since Bobby Jones’ victory here in 1926 and the granting of our Royal status.”

In 2028, The Open will be held from Aug. 3 to 6, rather than in July, to account for the Summer Olympics.

— Gabby Herzig contributed to this report.