Website reputation report

theopen.com

Last checked 4 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

Some of the things players have said about St Andrews as the home of golf prepares to welcome The 155th Open in July 2027.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

75/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure92 Website Security95 Security Hygiene60 Transparency55 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about theopen.com

Updated Oct 2, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on theopen.com. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: Some of the things players have said about St Andrews as the home of golf prepares to welcome The 155th Open in July 2027.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on May 5, 2002. Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc..

Recorded expiry date: May 5, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Mar 3, 2027.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 75/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on theopen.com

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

The Open | Golf's Original ChampionshipGet the latest news and videos from The Open Championship, golf's original major. The 155th Open will take place at St Andrews from 11-18 July 2027. St Andrews in quotes | The 155th OpenSome of the things players have said about St Andrews as the home of golf prepares to welcome The 155th Open in July 2027. Contact Us | The Open | Frequently Asked QuestionsRead the answers to Frequently Asked Questions about The Open and discover the best way to contact us regarding a number of topics including ticketing, hospitality and The 150th Op Forged By Nature | The Open | Golf's Original ChampionshipDiscover more about the rich history of The Open, golf's original major and one of the most prestigious Championships in the world of sport. News, Features and the Greatest Stories in Golf | The OpenThe Open Championship's latest news, including video highlights, player features and the most up-to-date ticket and hospitality information Tickets & Hospitality | The OpenFind out how to book tickets to The Open with the latest ticketing and hospitality experience information for upcoming Championships. Leaderboard For The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale - The 154th OpenView the official leaderboard for The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale. Keep up to date with the latest scores from the official Open website. The Open Fantasy | The 154th Open Fantasy Game | Royal BirkdalePlay the Open’s brand new fantasy game for the chance to win an all expenses paid trip to the 155th Open at St Andrews The 155th Open | St Andrews | 2027Learn about St Andrews, the host for The 155th Open and the venue that has staged golf's original Championship more than any other. The 156th Open | Royal Lytham & St Annes | 2028Learn about Royal Lytham & St Annes, the host for The 156th Open which will take place in 2028.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on theopen.com

12 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

openTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
th openTitle, Meta description6 sampled pages
st andrewsTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
golfTitle, Meta description5 sampled pages
championshipTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
golf originalTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
royalTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
original championshipTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
open golfTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
royal birkdaleTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
latestMeta description4 sampled pages
open championshipH1, Meta description3 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
92/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
60/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
55/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
96/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 6 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts6
Inline scripts13
Embedded frames2
External script hosts3

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domaintheopen.com
RegistrarCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
RegisteredMay 5, 2002
Domain age24 years
ExpiresMay 5, 2027
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address104.117.76.57
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNAkamai
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.theopen.com/
Endpoint104.117.76.57
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFAkamai · Not detected
DNS surface17 records · 6 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals2 security headers · 2 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size177,945 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observed3
Script resources6 · 3 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks2 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=DigiCert Inc, commonName=DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1
Valid fromAug 17, 2026
Valid untilMar 3, 2027
Certificate namesaigwomensopen.com · api.randa.org · apiweb.owgr.com · apps.randa.org · apps.theopen.com · betaranda2021api.randa.org · championships.randa.org · chclookup.randa.org · cms.aigwomensopen.com · cms.randa.org · cms.theopen.com · cms.wagr.com · content.owgr.com · content.wagr.com · curtiscuptickets.randa.org · deliverycontent.randa.org · deliverycontent.worldgolfmuseum.com · emailcapture.theopen.com · emspp-api.randa.org · emspp-playerportal-stg.randa.org · fantasy.theopen.com · feeds.theopen.com · filemedia.aigwomensopen.com · filemedia.randa.org · filemedia.theopen.com · filestgmedia.randa.org · filestgmedia.theopen.com · foreeveryone.randa.org · golfconference.randa.org · golfcoursemanagement.randa.org · historicalapi.theopen.com · media.aigwomensopen.com · media.randa.org · media.theopen.com · middleware.randa.org · my.oneclub.golf · new.owgr.com · oneclub.golf · payment.randa.org · presentations.randa.org · preview-foreeveryone.randa.org · preview-www.oneclub.golf · randa.org · scores.load.theopen.com · scores.theopen.com · scoring.aigwomensopen.com · scoring.theopen.com · sorry.aigwomensopen.com · sorry.oneclub.golf · sorry.owgr.com · sorry.randa.org · sorry.theopen.com · sorry.wagr.com · sorry.worldgolfmuseum.com · stg.wagr.com · stgcmspaymentranda.randa.org · stgcmstheopen.theopen.com · stgcmstheopensso.theopen.com · stgcmswomensopen.theopen.com · stgmedia.randa.org · stgmedia.theopen.com · stgowgr.owgr.com · stgowgr.wagr.com · stgpaymentranda.randa.org · stgtheopen.theopen.com · stgwidget.randa.org · stgworldgolfranking2021api.wagr.com · stories.randa.org · stories.theopen.com · storiesaigwo.randa.org · thejourney.theopen.com · thejourneyapi.theopen.com · theoneclub.theopen.com · theopen.com · theopen.jp · tickets.randa.org · wagr.com · wagrstg.wagr.com · widget.randa.org · worldgolfmuseum.com · worldgolfranking2021api.wagr.com · www-load.aigwomensopen.com · www-load.theopen.com · www.aigwomensopen.com · www.oneclub.golf · www.owgr.com · www.randa.org · www.rules.golf · www.theopen.com · www.wagr.com · www.worldgolfmuseum.com

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A104.117.76.57TTL —
A104.117.76.91TTL —
NSa1-151.akam.netTTL —
NSa2-64.akam.netTTL —
NSa24-65.akam.netTTL —
NSa26-66.akam.netTTL —
NSa3-67.akam.netTTL —
NSa9-64.akam.netTTL —
MX0 theopen-com.mail.protection.outlook.comTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=8EAe-AkMs15aO2hjHbIGmn9guh7jCijWPUg2NFB2Y2YTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=FSPLcs-pTgzyuRl6nAac6col7bzzAmftX80gIZNsWgITTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=GrlsQrUThT9X_CQ9JulH8xnqtbD6uCfyoOKAEPzON1oTTL —
TXTklaviyo-site-verification=UXSYBtTTL —
TXTknowbe4-site-verification=362d3fb7cb27c3a192f039e175a84e99TTL —
TXTstxsel1._domainkey.theopen.com. IN CNAME sel1-theopen._domainkey.dkim.secutix.comTTL —
TXTstxsel2._domainkey.theopen.com. IN CNAME sel2-theopen._domainkey.dkim.secutix.comTTL —
TXTv=spf1 ip4:172.22.4.42 ip4:40.92.0.0/15 ip4:51.4.80.0/27 ip4:193.72.147.5 ip4:80.80.231.73 ip4:193.73.238.6 ip4:193.73.238.5 ip4:51.5.80.0/27 ip4:51.5.72.0/24 ip4:34.246.74.68 ip4:51.4.72.0/24 ip4:54.240.55.248 ip4:40.107.0.0/16 ip4:52.100.0.0/14 ip4:34.1" "97.37.177 ip4:54.229.243.88 ip4:52.215.48.244 ip4:52.18.155.167 ip4:104.47.0.0/17 ip4:13.111.0.0/16 ip4:52.31.106.198 ip4:84.22.188.155 ip4:84.22.188.154 include:_s0.theopen.com ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCPolicy record observed, not fully validated

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

2 observed
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=15768000 ; includeSubDomains
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed3
Missing Secure1
Missing HttpOnly2
Missing SameSite1

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Google Tag Manager 96%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Some of the things players have said about St Andrews as the home of golf prepares to welcome The 155th Open in July 2027.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleThe Open | Golf's Original Championship
First headingHIDALGO IN FOR ST ANDREWS
DescriptionGet the latest news and videos from The Open Championship, golf's original major. The 155th Open will take place at St Andrews from 11-18 July 2027.
Canonical URLhttps://www.theopen.com
Final URLhttps://www.theopen.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesImageObject
Page page detectedhttps://www.theopen.com/latestAbout page detectedhttps://www.theopen.com/latest/what-players-said-about-st-andrewsContact page detectedhttps://www.theopen.com/contactus
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
3100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
6100% evidence confidence
17100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
15768000100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.theopen.com/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
clear-shield-arc-679

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for theopen.com

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of theopen.com
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about theopen.com

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Is theopen.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 75/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on theopen.com?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was theopen.com registered?

The public registry record shows May 5, 2002. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did theopen.com have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does theopen.com describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.