The Open Championship
Mid-July· Rotating links, United Kingdom
Why the circuit stops here
Golf’s original major, played on a different UK links each year. The championship is the pretext; corporate hospitality tents and private-jet arrivals into regional airfields are the circuit.
The money signal
Hospitality packages run five figures a head; the nearest FBO becomes a temporary private terminal for four days.
Journal
Latest dispatches and guides from this stop.
The Open Championship: its position on the circuit, 16 August
A dated note on the shifting geography of golf's original major, where the tournament is merely the pretext for the real circuit.
Read article GuideThe Open Championship: how the circuit hits Rotating links
Read article Dispatch2026 dispatch: The Open Championship
Read articleWho's there
Transatlantic golf money, UK and European executives, brand owners entertaining clients on the dunes.
How they arrive
- Private aviation is the default: expect FBO slots and hotel helipads to be the real constraint, not tickets.
- Short-hop helicopter transfers beat the road traffic. This stop is built around its helipads.
On the calendar
Also in July: Côte d’Azur high season · Hamptons season · Henley Royal Regatta · Paris Haute Couture Week · Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference · Goodwood Festival of Speed · Salzburg Festival