# When do the 2027 Open ballot results come out? > The 2027 Open ticket ballot at St Andrews closed on 24 July 2026. Results come in waves through August and September, everyone hears by end of September, and unsuccessful applications stay in for later waves. - Canonical: https://theticketlottery.com/guides/the-open-2027-tickets - Published 2026-07-08, updated 2026-08-25, facts last verified 17 August 2026 - Source: The Ticket Lottery (https://theticketlottery.com); not affiliated with The R&A or The Open The 2027 Open ticket ballot has closed: applications ended at 3pm BST on Friday 24 July 2026, and theopen.com confirms results are being released in waves throughout August and September 2026, with every applicant receiving their final outcome by email by the end of September 2026. Successful applications trigger an email invitation to buy at face value within a payment window of up to seven days. Re-verified against theopen.com on 17 August 2026. ## When do the 2027 Open ballot results come out? Results are released in waves throughout August and September 2026, and every applicant is notified by email of their final outcome by the end of September. An application can come back fully successful, partially successful, or unsuccessful, and silence in August is not a rejection: The R&A states that applications not drawn in an early wave remain in the ballot for subsequent releases. Anything a winner does not pay for within the seven-day window is forfeited and returned to future waves, which is exactly why later waves keep producing winners. The championship itself runs 15 to 18 July 2027 at the Old Course, St Andrews, with practice days from 11 to 14 July. ## What does it cost to enter? Nothing. The ballot is free to enter. The one requirement is a One Club membership, The R&A's free-to-join digital membership (presented by Mastercard), so the total cost of applying is zero. You only pay if you are drawn: successful applicants buy their allocated tickets at face value and have seven days to complete the purchase. As a guide to those face values, recent pricing put general-admission practice days around GBP 40 to 70 and championship days at GBP 150 (Thursday and Friday), GBP 170 (Saturday) and GBP 190 (Sunday). Under-16s go free when attending with an adult, and 16 to 24 year-olds get discounted Youth tickets. ## Who can enter, and how many tickets? The ballot is open worldwide, but exclusively to One Club members, which is why joining (free) is step one. You can apply for up to four tickets per day, across Adult, Youth (16 to 24, discounted), Junior (under 16, free with an adult) and Carer ticket types. It covers all eight days of championship week, so you choose which days to go for. ## How did the ballot work, and what is left now? Entry ran from 6 July to 3pm BST on 24 July 2026 at [theopen.com/ticket-ballot](https://www.theopen.com/ticket-ballot): One Club members selected their days, up to four tickets per day, then submitted one application. That window has closed, so the remaining official routes are the paid ones on theopen.com (ticket packages with accommodation, hospitality, Ticket Plus and ticket-and-camping bundles), plus whatever later ballot waves recover from forfeited allocations. If you missed this one, the pattern to remember for next year: The Open's ballot opens days before the previous championship ends and runs for under three weeks. Our [missed-the-ballot guide](https://theticketlottery.com/guides/missed-the-ballot-what-next) covers the fallback playbook. ## What were my odds? Championship days are the hardest: recent Open ballots have been up to roughly ten times oversubscribed on those days. Practice days have a materially higher success rate and are officially recommended if getting in matters more to you than which day you go. One entry per person is the rule; there is no way to boost your odds by applying twice. The R&A also offers a paid One Club Advantage upgrade that it says gives enhanced ballot chances. That is an optional paid add-on, not the free route: the free ballot above is all you need to enter. ## Quick answers **When will I find out if I got 2027 Open tickets?** Results are released in waves throughout August and September 2026, and every applicant receives their final outcome by email by the end of September 2026. An application can come back fully successful, partially successful or unsuccessful. **I have not heard anything yet. Is that a no?** Not yet. The R&A states that if you are not successful in an early wave, your application remains in the ballot for consideration in subsequent releases. Only the final notification, due by the end of September, settles it. **What happens if I win tickets?** You get an email invitation to purchase, with a payment window of up to seven days at face value. Miss the deadline and the allocation is forfeited and returned to future ballot waves. **I missed the ballot. Can I still get 2027 Open tickets?** The free public ballot was the main route and it has closed. The official routes left are paid: ticket packages with accommodation, hospitality, Ticket Plus and ticket-and-camping bundles on theopen.com. Forfeited ballot allocations return to later ballot waves, not to a public sale. **When is the 2027 Open?** 15 to 18 July 2027 (practice days 11 to 14 July) at the Old Course, St Andrews. ## Event pages - [The 155th Open (The Open Championship) 2027, St Andrews](https://theticketlottery.com/ballots/the-155th-open-2027-st-andrews) ## Sources - [theopen.com/ticket-ballot](https://www.theopen.com/ticket-ballot) - [theopen.com/tickets-and-hospitality/2027](https://www.theopen.com/tickets-and-hospitality/2027)