The 148th Open at Royal Portrush

Adiaga 2 · 09-07-2018 7:24am #1

For anyone interested, tickets go one (pre-)sale this morning at 10.00am for next year's Open Championship.

More info here

Mushy · 09-07-2018 9:18am

This won't sell out for a long while I assume?

Messi19 · 09-07-2018 10:10am

I'm not seeing any tickets

Mushy · 09-07-2018 10:19am

Messi19 wrote: »

I'm not seeing any tickets

http://2019portrush.theopen.com/tickets

Messi19 · 09-07-2018 10:24am

Mushy wrote: »

http://2019portrush.theopen.com/tickets

Had found it just before. Thanks anyway

Mantis Toboggan · 09-07-2018 10:52am

Got myself two tickets.

Went for parking at 15 pound, bit much but took it anyway. Going up for the Friday. Will watch the rest of the TV.

Messi19 · 09-07-2018 11:00am

Got weekend tickets so I'll be there for Sat and Sun. Can't seem to book accommodation yet

NIMAN · 09-07-2018 11:03am

15 to park! Going to coin it in there alone.

Parking free at the Irish open. I appreciate the BO is a much bigger event, but I think we will see a lot of cashing in at Portrush.

Does anyone know if its up to Royal Portrush to set whatever prices they want, or is it set centrally by the BO people or European Tour!?

fullstop · 09-07-2018 12:30pm

Messi19 wrote: »

Got weekend tickets so I'll be there for Sat and Sun. Can't seem to book accommodation yet

Same, won't be able to book for a couple of weeks, 1 calendar year ahead.

ThunderCat · 09-07-2018 12:43pm

fullstop wrote: »

Same, won't be able to book for a couple of weeks, 1 calendar year ahead.

Think booking.com is 15 months in advance

Messi19 · 09-07-2018 12:53pm

ThunderCat wrote: »

Think booking.com is 15 months in advance

Tried it and no joy

Spideog Rua · 09-07-2018 2:23pm

Booked two tickets plus car parking for the Saturday.

BBMcQ · 13-07-2018 7:42am

NIMAN wrote: »

15 to park! Going to coin it in there alone.

Parking free at the Irish open. I appreciate the BO is a much bigger event, but I think we will see a lot of cashing in at Portrush.

Anything official is organised by the R&A. I was at the BO in St Andrews there few years back and it was all ran like clockwork but you pay for it. Even the Irish Open’s up north are better organised than down south.

backspin. · 13-07-2018 9:19am

BBMcQ wrote: »

Anything official is organised by the R&A. I was at the BO in St Andrews there few years back and it was all ran like clockwork but you pay for it. Even the Irish Open’s up north are better organised than down south.

I was at ballyliffin and portstewart and both were well organized.

joebloggs32 · 13-07-2018 9:23am

NIMAN wrote: »

15 to park! Going to coin it in there alone.

Parking free at the Irish open. I appreciate the BO is a much bigger event, but I think we will see a lot of cashing in at Portrush.

Does anyone know if its up to Royal Portrush to set whatever prices they want, or is it set centrally by the BO people or European Tour!?

I'm going to Carnoustie next week and its the same price there for parking.

Cat_M · 29-07-2018 10:54pm

Bought wend tkt for the husband.Any suggestions re accommodation on a train line?

liamoreilly · 29-07-2018 11:32pm

Cat_M wrote: »

Bought wend tkt for the husband.Any suggestions re accommodation on a train line?

...I'm staying in Belfast and getting a bus up to it...So far I haven't seen any buses, but I would be 99% sure they run some kinda transport...Belfast was actually the closest I could get to the gold course without selling my liver...

CeilingFly · 29-07-2018 11:38pm

For accommodation look at Moville / Redcastle / Greencastle and take the foyle ferry.

Train line option is really only Belfast, so maybe look at bus options?

Cat_M · 30-07-2018 12:09am

I didn;t buy parking with the tickets. Seems the tkts are sold out. Can you pay at the gate?? Feck, hope so as I've booked where a car is necessary.

joebloggs32 · 31-07-2018 9:29am

Cat_M wrote: »

I didn;t buy parking with the tickets. Seems the tkts are sold out. Can you pay at the gate?? Feck, hope so as I've booked where a car is necessary.

Couldn't say for sure but there didn't seem to be a facilty to.pay for parking at the gate this year. They just had scanners for your parking ticket

joebloggs32 · 31-07-2018 9:31am

liamoreilly wrote: »

...I'm staying in Belfast and getting a bus up to it...So far I haven't seen any buses, but I would be 99% sure they run some kinda transport...Belfast was actually the closest I could get to the gold course without selling my liver...

I was chatting the prople at the Visit NI stand in Carnoustie. They said there would be trains running from Belfast so book in near the train station if staying there

redhill · 02-08-2018 3:21pm

From the Open’s Social Media sites, ticket sales are well ahead of expectations so far, it could sell out early at this stage ( though that wouldn’t be likely till Spring next year)

“Royal Portrush 2019 tickets are now on general sale. Don't miss out on the fastest selling Open in history at the earlybird price!”

callaway92 · 02-08-2018 5:41pm

redhill wrote: »

From the Open’s Social Media sites, ticket sales are well ahead of expectations so far, it could sell out early at this stage ( though that wouldn’t be likely till Spring next year)

“Royal Portrush 2019 tickets are now on general sale. Don't miss out on the fastest selling Open in history at the earlybird price!”

That’s called marketing. If it was selling unbelievably well they wouldn’t need ads like that.

redhill · 02-08-2018 11:41pm

callaway92 wrote: »

That’s called marketing. If it was selling unbelievably well they wouldn’t need ads like that.

It is marketing, and good marketing at that, it’s also a very true statement, their was an article posted on here last week that 20% of tickets were sold in the first 48 hours of sales, Portrush won’t handle the near 240,000 people that a St. Andrew’s Open Championship could accommodate

redhill · 04-08-2018 2:36pm

Marketing or not, chatting to a golf exec at Tourism NI last nite and he has confirmed tickets are selling at unprecedented volumes and some ticket categories will already be sold out by next week, he expects other categories will be selling out as well once this news is made public next week.

Golfgraffix · 04-08-2018 5:02pm

Weekly tickets are now sold out

Mushy · 04-08-2018 6:03pm

Golfgraffix wrote: »

Weekly tickets are now sold out

Is that at that price category?

redhill · 04-08-2018 10:09pm

Mushy wrote: »

Is that at that price category?

https://2019portrush.theopen.com/tickets

It looks like all weekly tickets are sold out from the link above , only individual days left or a weekend only ticket

callaway92 · 05-08-2018 9:51am

redhill wrote: »

https://2019portrush.theopen.com/tickets

It looks like all weekly tickets are sold out from the link above , only individual days left or a weekend only ticket

They’ll be releasing a lot more closer to the time if anyone is worried.

There isn’t too many weekly tickets available in the first place all the same

redhill · 05-08-2018 10:31pm

callaway92 wrote: »

They’ll be releasing a lot more closer to the time if anyone is worried.

There isn’t too many weekly tickets available in the first place all the same

If they do however they will cost up to 30% extra, tickets in the the 3rd phase of selling are a good bit more expensive

martinkop · 07-08-2018 4:15pm

Sunday sold out

https://2019portrush.theopen.com/tickets

redhill · 07-08-2018 6:20pm

callaway92 wrote: »

They’ll be releasing a lot more closer to the time if anyone is worried.

There isn’t too many weekly tickets available in the first place all the same

Weekly,weekend & Sunday now all sold, I can’t see many extra tickets being released closer to event
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/45101833

callaway92 · 08-08-2018 7:59am

redhill wrote: »

Weekly,weekend & Sunday now all sold, I can’t see many extra tickets being released closer to event
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/45101833

More are definitely going to be released

Weekly and Weekend bundles btw there aren't much of, so it isn't like that's hugely impressive selling the first batch out.

Mantis Toboggan · 08-08-2018 9:00am

callaway92 wrote: »

More are definitely going to be released

Where did you see this? I'm looking for Sunday tickets.

Benildus · 08-08-2018 9:13am

Where's the best place to stay? Derry or Belfast and get a train/taxi?

Mushy · 08-08-2018 2:28pm

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Where did you see this? I'm looking for Sunday tickets.

You'd have to think that the earlier tickets were capped at a system of doing x number of tickets or by a set date, whichever comes first.

No way will they cut their margins by selling out a full allocation before final price tickets are on sale.

redhill · 09-08-2018 11:07am

Mushy wrote: »

You'd have to think that the earlier tickets were capped at a system of doing x number of tickets or by a set date, whichever comes first.

No way will they cut their margins by selling out a full allocation before final price tickets are on sale.

callaway92 wrote: »

More are definitely going to be released

Weekly and Weekend bundles btw there aren't much of, so it isn't like that's hugely impressive selling the first batch out.

Listen folks if you intend going to the Open Next year get a ticket for whatever day you want now, do not leave it any longer and do not listen to rubbish like these quotes above, they are total guesswork, all the official ticket messages are the real deal, it is for the total ticket allocations, not just the ticket allocation for this particular window, it is ALL TICKETS.
I don’t profess to be any big knowitall about this stuff however I mentioned in this thread (or the other one there are two threads on here) that I know a few people in Tourism NI and the RP Golfclub and the ticket sales are unprecedented and through the roof, so much so that with all the sell outs they are working on a waiting list system, it would be in place already but they haven’t got the software updated on website to accommodate it at present.
I have asked them to send me a note confirming all this and will post it on here when I receive it
Cheers

callaway92 · 09-08-2018 1:42pm

redhill wrote: »

Listen folks if you intend going to the Open Next year get a ticket for whatever day you want now, do not leave it any longer and do not listen to rubbish like these quotes above, they are total guesswork, all the official ticket messages are the real deal, it is for the total ticket allocations, not just the ticket allocation for this particular window, it is ALL TICKETS.
I don’t profess to be any big knowitall about this stuff however I mentioned in this thread (or the other one there are two threads on here) that I know a few people in Tourism NI and the RP Golfclub and the ticket sales are unprecedented and through the roof, so much so that with all the sell outs they are working on a waiting list system, it would be in place already but they haven’t got the software updated on website to accommodate it at present.
I have asked them to send me a note confirming all this and will post it on here when I receive it
Cheers

It isn't guesswork from my end. European Tour and PGA Tour are clients of mine in work. Cheers for calling it rubbish btw

Adiaga 2 · 09-08-2018 2:07pm

I thought it would sell out after Carnoustie tbh.

redhill · 09-08-2018 4:47pm

callaway92 wrote: »

It isn't guesswork from my end. European Tour and PGA Tour are clients of mine in work. Cheers for calling it rubbish btw

Well this is a message received from the R&A who actually run the Open( not the Euro and PGA tours), this was sent out to their partner agencies as of 11pm last night, they are pretty adamant that all tickets are gone

Thanks for all the enquiries
As of this afternoon..
Weekly tickets, weekend tickets and daily tickets for the final weekend of The Open – Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July 2019 – have now completely sold out due to unprecedented demand. This sold out message refers to our entire allocation of tickets and there will not be any more available in further pricing windows. We do still have daily tickets available for Sunday 14th – Friday 19th July, however I would recommend booking as soon as possible as availability is limited and tickets are selling quickly.

I can also advise that, from later this week, there will be a waiting list available on our website - https://2019portrush.theopen.com/ - for people who would like to attend The Open on days which have sold out. Those on our waiting list would receive priority access to tickets should any further tickets become available.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions.

Kind regards,

Flo

From: contactus@randa.org <contactus@randa.org>
Sent: 08 August 2018 23:16
To: Tickets <Tickets@randa.org>
Subject: The Open — Remaining Ticket Allocation

Mushy · 09-08-2018 4:55pm

redhill wrote: »

Well this is a message received from the R&A who actually run the Open( not the Euro and PGA tours), this was sent out to their partner agencies as of 11pm last night, they are pretty adamant that all tickets are gone

Thanks for all the enquiries
As of this afternoon..
Weekly tickets, weekend tickets and daily tickets for the final weekend of The Open – Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July 2019 – have now completely sold out due to unprecedented demand. This sold out message refers to our entire allocation of tickets and there will not be any more available in further pricing windows. We do still have daily tickets available for Sunday 14th – Friday 19th July, however I would recommend booking as soon as possible as availability is limited and tickets are selling quickly.

I can also advise that, from later this week, there will be a waiting list available on our website - https://2019portrush.theopen.com/ - for people who would like to attend The Open on days which have sold out. Those on our waiting list would receive priority access to tickets should any further tickets become available.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions.

Kind regards,

Flo

From: contactus@randa.org <contactus@randa.org>
Sent: 08 August 2018 23:16
To: Tickets <Tickets@randa.org>
Subject: The Open — Remaining Ticket Allocation

Received that email from the one club alright. Bizarre way if it's the full allocation, they're selling themselves short this way.

Better get on it I guess

And now Friday are gone!

callaway92 · 09-08-2018 8:28pm

redhill wrote: »

Well this is a message received from the R&A who actually run the Open( not the Euro and PGA tours), this was sent out to their partner agencies as of 11pm last night, they are pretty adamant that all tickets are gone

Thanks for all the enquiries
As of this afternoon..
Weekly tickets, weekend tickets and daily tickets for the final weekend of The Open – Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July 2019 – have now completely sold out due to unprecedented demand. This sold out message refers to our entire allocation of tickets and there will not be any more available in further pricing windows. We do still have daily tickets available for Sunday 14th – Friday 19th July, however I would recommend booking as soon as possible as availability is limited and tickets are selling quickly.

I can also advise that, from later this week, there will be a waiting list available on our website - https://2019portrush.theopen.com/ - for people who would like to attend The Open on days which have sold out. Those on our waiting list would receive priority access to tickets should any further tickets become available.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions.

Kind regards,

Flo

From: contactus@randa.org <contactus@randa.org>
Sent: 08 August 2018 23:16
To: Tickets <Tickets@randa.org>
Subject: The Open — Remaining Ticket Allocation

Last message on this for me because I can see you’re getting pretty upset by it and are taking it personally.

There’s a lot more tickets left.

backspin. · 09-08-2018 9:28pm

I bought Friday and Saturday tickets a couple of weeks ago. A couple of people I mentioned it too laughed when they heard how early i got them. Delighted now I did.

NIMAN · 09-08-2018 9:31pm

Benildus wrote: »

Where's the best place to stay? Derry or Belfast and get a train/taxi?

Derry is closer and would be cheaper to stay in tbh..

And don't rule out Inishowen in Donegal, as there is a ferry that goes from Greencastle over to Magillian, which isn't that far from Portrush.
Plus I'm sure with the golf on, there might be more ferry crossings than usual.

If you need any more info, ask.;)

Redo91 · 10-08-2018 12:53am

Can’t believe how quick tickets are selling. I am dying to go but starting a course in September so couldn’t afford to buy any until around Christmas time. I went to Turnberry in 2009 and although we had them booked in advance I think the Saturday was still taking walk-ins.

Hopefully as you often see with other sporting events more tickets do become available as the organisers have a better idea of the capacity of the venue.

Royale with Cheese · 10-08-2018 11:02am

Jaysus. Almost had two tickets ready to go last week, but waited to check that I actually had someone else who wanted to go. Was also planning on doing it as a day trip from Dublin, and was slightly worried the Brexit situation could slow things down and put it slightly out of reach. It's just over 3 hours each way from where I live, which is about the max amount I'd wanna drive in a day.

NIMAN · 10-08-2018 8:13pm

I just get the feeling that more tickets will be made available.

Deeper Blue · 12-08-2018 6:57pm

Friday day tickets now sold out too

Cosmo Kramer · 12-08-2018 8:45pm

This is pretty unprecedented for The Open. I bought tickets months in advance for Sunday at the PGA a couple of years ago but have always been able to get tickets for The Open on the weekend of the event, including this year.

Obviously in Scotland there isn't the same novelty factor as it's here every second year, hopefully Portrush becomes a similar fixture on the rota and is easier for people to get tickets for in future.

koheim · 23-08-2018 6:12pm

It is now completely sold out, it will be an epic week next year
https://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/news/tour-news/the-148th-open-at-royal-portrush-is-sold-out-162989

Redo91 · 23-08-2018 6:58pm

Really hope more become available. Can’t afford to get tickets til the new year but I’m desperate to go.

The 148th Open at Royal Portrush

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