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British Open hospitality 2012

This year The Open Championship, known to many as the British Open, moves to the North of England at the illustrious Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.  But why is the original Open Golf Championship known globally as The British Open?

In Britain, the tournament has always been known by its official title, The Open Championship. This is the officially correct term, as designated by the R&A, while UK media generally refer to the tournement as the Open (with "the" in lower case).

Outside the UK, The Open Championship is generally known as the "British Open", partly to distinguish the tournament from the U.S. Open, but mainly because many other nations with open format golf events refer to their own country's open event as "the open." The PGA Tour refers to the tournament as the British Open, as do many media outlets in the United States, such as the Associated Press.

Whilst there are undoubtably many 'Opens' across the globe, when booking your hospitality at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2012 with Open Golf Official Hospitality, you can rest assured that no matter whether you're booking 'Open Championship hospitality', or 'British Open hospitality', you are booking your hospitality at the original Open Championship through the only official hospitality provider.