Skip to main content

LinkedIn Competition - The 149th Open

Prize Draw Terms and Conditions

1. The promoter of this prize draw is R&A Championships Limited, a company incorporated in Scotland under company number SC247047 and having its registered office at Beach House, Golf Place, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JA ("The R&A").

2. The competition is only open to all.

3. There is a limit of one entry to the prize draw per person. Persons who have liked and shared The Open's LinkedIn post (posted on Tuesday 17th December 2019) before midnight on 12 January 2020 will be entered into the prize draw.

4. A winner will be chosen by random draw of entries and supervised by an independent person before 27 January 2020. ("Draw Date").

5. The following prizes will be drawn:

Prize

2 places on Sunday 19 July for Scorers Hospitality at The 149th Open at Royal St George’s 2020. Travel and Accommodation are not provided.

6. The winner will be notified by direct mail (LinkedIn) before 27 January 2020. If a winner does not respond to The R&A within 14 days of being notified by The R&A, then the winner's prize will be forfeited and The R&A will be entitled to select another winner in accordance with the process described above.

7. The prize for the winner is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered.

8. The R&A reserves the right to replace any prize with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond The R&A's control makes it necessary to do so.

9. The decision of The R&A regarding any aspect of the prize draw is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into.

10. By entering the prize draw, each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions. The R&A reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.

11. The R&A reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the prize draw where it becomes necessary to do so.  The R&A reserves the right to withdraw any prize if it has reason to believe that any winner has breached these terms and conditions.

12. The R&A makes no representation or warranty regarding the quality of the competition prizes and any conditions, warranties, or other terms implied by statute or common law are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

13. Insofar as is permitted by law, The R&A, its group companies, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by a breach of statutory duty of The R&A, its group companies, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.