At the 2012 Open Championship:
At this year's Championship, once again the HSBC Golf Zone will give you the opportunity to test your full range of golf skills and the chance to win a host of daily prizes.
Try your hand at exiting our full scale replica of St Andrew's infamous Road Hole Bunker, or compete on golf simulators with nearest the pin and longest drive prizes up for grabs.
Test out the latest Mizuno clubs as well as hickory clubs whilst learning about the history of the world's oldest golf Major.
Flightscope technology bays will enable you to compare your drives to the Pros on the range with a live stats feed.
Ambassador visits each day with scheduled Q&As will add to the fun.
HSBC customers will also be able to collect their exclusive free gift when they register to take part in the activities on offer.
We'll have a full service HSBC branch on site enabling you to access your money from our ATMs as well as discuss any business, personal and foreign exchange requirements with our personal advisers.
Or, if you're a Premier customer and you would just like to catch your breath from the action on the course, we'll be serving tea, coffee and refreshments all day from our Premier lounge.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Not got a ticket to this year's Open Championship yet?
Our competition to win tickets to the Open Championship plus hospitality on the 22nd July has now closed.
All winners will be contacted by June 27th 2012 via email.
Summer of Sport Golf Open competition Terms and conditions (PDF)
The Open Championship
About:
HSBC is a major sponsor of world class golf events, including our flagship WGC-HSBC Champions in China, its sister tournament HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore and the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.
The newest edition to our global golf portfolio is The Open Championship.
HSBC is a Patron of The Open Championship, which is without doubt, one of the world's most pre-eminent golf championships and one of the four golfing Majors.
Our partnership with The Royal & Ancient creates a centre of gravity to our global golf portfolio around the world's oldest tournament, and gives access to a global network through the game's ruling authority.
Based in St Andrews, The R&A is golf's governing body (excluding the USA and Mexico) and organiser of The Open Championship.
The R&A is committed to working for golf and operates with the consent of 141 organisations from the amateur and professional game and on behalf of over 30 million golfers in 126 countries.
As well as committing to the professional game, HSBC has a longer-term goal to create a legacy through the sponsorship of youth development and grassroots programmes around the world.
In conjunction with The R&A, in the UK HSBC has partnered with The Golf Foundation to sponsor the HSBC Golf Roots programme.
This has been nurtured to the point where it is now the largest and most successful junior golf development project in the British Isles.
The focus is on targeting urban and inner city areas on the 'Skills for Life' such as honesty and respect that an education in golf offers.
The Golf Foundation is a registered charity that aims to make it possible for all children and young people to access the sport regardless of their background or circumstances.
The aim is to reach 1 million children per year through the programme.
This year the Open Championship returns to Royal Lytham & St Annes (19 - 22 July, 2012), Lytham & St Annes, Lancashire.
It will be the 11th time the Championship will be played at the Club and expectations are high.
The best golfers in the world will compete over four days for the most coveted trophy in golf - The Claret Jug.
Royal Lytham & St Annes last played host to The Open in 2001, when David Duval emerged triumphant.
It is a wonderful venue with a great atmosphere for spectators.
In 2011, more than 180,000 spectators attended The Open Championship and over 3,000 hours of television coverage were broadcast to 193 countries worldwide.
For more information about The Open Championship, visit
http://www.theopen.com/
