Legends of golf will battle it out at unique Open

Following the cancellation of this year’s Open Championship, the R&A is filling the void in spectacular style with ‘The Open for the Ages’.

This exclusive edition of The Open features 50 years of archive footage expertly edited and woven together with modern graphics and new commentary to imagine a championship contested by the legends of the sport including Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Seve Ballesteros, Tom Watson, Sir Nick Faldo and Rory McIlroy.

The Open for The Ages will culminate in a final round programme that will air on Sunday, July 19 when it will be broadcast globally to fans around the world on TV, TheOpen.com and The Open’s social media channels.

Anticipation and excitement for the final round programme will build up from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 July when coverage of the first three rounds of The Open for The Ages will be provided by in-play clips, live leaderboards and end of play highlights across The Open’s social media channels.

The winner will be determined by a fan vote, which has registered more than 10,000 responses, and a data model developed in partnership with NTT DATA that utilises player career statistics alongside the input by fans to calculate the champion.

Martin Slumbers, chief executive of The R&A, said: “Golf is one of the very few sports where this concept can be created and brought to life.

“The way in which the sport is filmed allows us a truly unique opportunity to reimagine history and bring together the greatest players from many different eras on a scale which has not been done before, either in golf or in other sports.”

Commentators, including Ewen Murray, Nick Dougherty, Butch Harmon and Iona Stephen, will bring the championship to life.

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