The Open Championship 2028

The 156th Open returns to Royal Lytham & St Annes on the Lancashire coast, the twelfth time the links has staged golf's oldest major and the first since 2012. The R&A has set championship week for 30 July to 6 August 2028, with the four rounds from 3 to 6 August: a one-off move later than the usual mid-July slot, clear of the Los Angeles Olympic golf.

The last Open at Lytham drew about 181,000 spectators across the week. For people in events that means a temporary town of grandstands, hospitality, broadcast, catering, transport and security on a compact site, with work for crews and suppliers across the North West.