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When did the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews begin managing the Open Championship?

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Tiger Woods follows through on his golf swing after teeing off, standing in tall grass with spectators watching in the background at St Andrews Golf Links. — golf American golfer Tiger Woods competing at the British Open (Open Championship) at St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, 2005.

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (R&A) assumed the management of the Open Championship in 1919.12