Where Is The 2024 AIG Women’s Open?
The venue for the 2024 AIG Women’s Open, The Old Course at St Andrews is renowned among golf fans the world over

After the AIG Women's Open was hosted at Muirfield for the first time in 2022, and another new venue, Walton Heath, was confirmed as the location for the 2023 tournament, it returns to the scene of two of its previous tournaments in 2024 - The Old Course at St Andrews.
Despite having previously hosted the Major in 2007 and 2013, though, the tournament's return to the Home of Golf surely helps highlight the increasing esteem placed on the women’s game as it strives for parity with the men’s equivalent.
Venues simply don’t get more iconic than The Old Course at St Andrews, and it will welcome the world’s best in the women’s game for the tournament between 21 and 25 August.
The Home of Golf is not only recognised as the oldest course in the world, but its history of hosting some of the most famous tournaments of all time is all but unmatched.
Among them are no fewer than 30 Open Championships, including two Jack Nicklaus wins – in 1970 and 1978 – of which the latter sealed his third career Grand Slam. Then there was Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros’ win in 1984 whose winning putt he later described as “the happiest moment of my sporting life.”
Other famous moments at the course include John Daly’s Open win over Constantino Rocca in a four-hole playoff in 1995, the two times Tiger Woods has claimed the Claret Jug there, in 2000 and 2005 and, of course, the most recent Open held there – the historic 150th – when Cameron Smith held his nerve to claim his first Major title, with Cameron Young, Viktor Hovand and Rory McIlroy in pursuit.
The two previous times the Women’s Open has been held at the venue have been equally memorable. In 2007, one of the all-time greats, Mexican Lorena Ochoa, won by four shots to claim her first Major title, while six years later, American Stacy Lewis achieved a two-shot win for her second Major victory.
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Lorena Ochoa won the Women's Open in 2007 - the first time it was held at The Old Course
As for the venue, there’s history at almost every turn, from the instantly recognisable R&A Clubhouse to the elegant five-star hotel that flanks the famous Road Hole. Then there’s the Swilcan Bridge, the scene of many iconic moments over the decades, including when 18-time Major winner Nicklaus waved farewell after his final tournament as a professional in 2005.
The course is equally fabled among golf fans the world over. Each hole has its own name, while many of its bunkers are among the most feared in the world, with daunting names to boot, including Hell and The Coffins.
'Hell' is one of many daunting bunkers at The Old Course
Avoid the bunkers and there are other potential pitfalls including the Swilcan Burn that straddles the first and 18th fairways and the Valley of Sin, an eight-foot depression standing in front of the 18th green that’s seen many a world-class player come unstuck over the years.
Considering its incredible history, array of landmarks and the unique challenge the course poses, there couldn’t be a more fitting venue to conclude another year of Majors. As the action plays out on The Old Course, there's every chance it will make for one of the most memorable AIG Women's Opens to date.
Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories.
He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game.
Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course.
Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.
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