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The Open Ticket Ballot 2023 – Consumer Survey

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 prize draw is open to all residents of Great Britain aged 18 years or over, except employees of The R&A, their families, agents or any third party directly associated with administration of the prize draw.
  3. There is a limit of one entry to the prize draw per person. Upon submitting a completed response to The Open Ticket Ballot 2023 Consumer Survey, you will be automatically entered into the prize draw. Persons who have completed and submitted the survey between 00.01am (BST) on Tuesday 4 October 2022 and 11.59pm (BST) on Sunday 16 October 2022 will be automatically entered into the prize draw (a "Qualifying Entry").
  4. The R&A accepts no responsibility for any entry which is not completed for any reason, including technical interruption, fault or site failure. Incomplete Entry Forms will not be considered a valid entry into the prize draw.
  5. One winner and 3 runners-up will be chosen by random draw supervised by an independent person on Monday 17 October 2022 ("Draw Date").
  6. The following prizes will be drawn:

    1x Winner
    - £200 gift voucher to spend online at The Open Shop

    3x Runners-Up
    - £50 gift voucher to spend online at The Open Shop

  7. The winner and runners-up will be notified by email or telephone (using the details provided when the Qualifying Entry was made) on or within 7 days of the Draw Date. If the winner or any runner-up does not respond to The R&A within 14 days of being notified by The R&A, then their prize will be forfeited and The R&A will be entitled to select another winner or runner-up in accordance with the process described above.
  8. The prizes are non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered.
  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 submitting a Qualifying Entry, 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 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.
  12. 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 your prize if it has reason to believe that you have breached these terms and conditions.
  13. The R&A makes no representation or warranty regarding the quality of the competition prize and any conditions, warranties, or other terms implied by statute or common law are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
  14. Insofar as is permitted by law, The R&A, its group companies, its agents or distributors, or any third party directly associated with administration of the prize draw, will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate you or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of your 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 any third party directly associated with administration of the prize draw, or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
  15. The R&A will use the personal information that you provide to us when making a Qualifying Entry to administer the competition including to contact you if you have won the prize draw and to provide the prize. The legal basis for processing your personal information in this way is that it is necessary for the legitimate interests of The R&A to provide benefits to its customers, to build and strengthen its customer relationships, to promote its products and to comply with best practices for running prize competitions. For more information about how The R&A handles personal information, please see the privacy policy at www.theopen.com.
  16. The R&A may make available your surname and/or county to members of the public or regulators who request such details within 3 months after the Draw Date.
  17. This prize draw and these terms and conditions will be governed by the laws of Scotland and any and all questions or disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.