Open Championship 2006:

We have an exceptional program for the Championship in 2006. Travel will be by executive coach with air-conditioned plush leather interior. Entry tickets to all four days of the championship are included, as are executive rooms at the fabulous Chester Grosvenor Hotel and Old Course-facing rooms at the Old Course Hotel Golf Resort and Spa.

Sunday 16 July - Depart USA for Manchester, England

Monday 17 July - Arrive Manchester Airport

Met by driver and executive mini-coach for transfer to the Chester Grosvenor Hotel. The afternoon allows an opportunity to stroll around the historic city centre with its Roman history, chic boutiques, and Tudor buildings. Overnight at Chester Grosvenor.

Tuesday 18 July

Play the excellent Tom Morris-designed links course of Wallasey. Founded in 1891 and 6607 yards long, Wallasey overlooks Liverpool Bay and benefits from similar soils and dune land to Royal Liverpool. Overnight at Chester Grosvenor.

Wednesday 19 July

Today Royal Birkdale is our venue. Rated the best course in Britain over the last few years by some surveys, this Open venue is a classic links from which, unusually, you never see the sea. It lies inland from the coast road below Southport in a glorious stretch of golfing terrain, which includes Southport & Ainsdale, West Lancashire, Formby, and Hillside. Overnight at Chester Grosvenor.

Thursday 20 July

The Opening Round of the Open Championship. This will be an emotional day for Royal Liverpool. It was back in 1967 when the Open last came here, when Roberto de Vicenzo won a popular victory – by two strokes from Jack Nicklaus. Overnight at Chester Grosvenor.

Friday 21 July

Round Two of the Open, when the big names often reel in the early leaders and the whole field aims not just to beat the cut, but to gain position for the weekend. Overnight at Chester Grosvenor.

Saturday 22 July

Weather plays a vital role on all links courses, and the members will be hoping the wind really does blow so that they can see how the top players contend with the sort of windy conditions, which the locals experience on a weekly basis. Overnight at Chester Grosvenor.

Sunday 23 July

The final day. Be there on Sunday afternoon to join in the climax of the event! Overnight at Chester Grosvenor.

Monday 24 July

A leisurely transfer to St Andrews, with a scenic drive through the Scottish Borders. Our destination is the famous and recently refurbished Old Course Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, which looks out over the fairway of the legendary Road Hole and ocean beyond. Overnight at Old Course Hotel.

Tuesday 25 July

Kingsbarns has rightly leapt to prominence in every informed listing of the great courses. Kyle Phillips could retire tomorrow and his place in history would be assured, thanks to the creation of this wonderful links just east of St Andrews. You will understand after playing here, that every hole has spectacular sea views, the bunkering is stupendous, course presentation is immaculate and the greens are sensational. Overnight at Old Course Hotel.

Wednesday 26 July

A day in St Andrews for a round on the Old Course, with an optional round on the New. Alistair Mackenzie contended that the Old Course should be the yardstick by which all other courses might be judged. See for yourself! Overnight at Old Course Hotel

Thursday 27 July

Carnoustie lies just across the Tay Bridge from St Andrews and is a demanding links. One of the hardest of the Open courses, it requires good ball striking and strategic thinking, particularly during the tough finishing holes, where the Barry Burn can wreck a score in a matter of minutes! Overnight at Old Course Hotel

Friday 28 July - Morning transfer to Glasgow Airport for departure to United States.

All our readers will be familiar with St Andrews, but Chester may be an unknown quantity. In fact, the city has a famous history going back over 2,000 years to Roman times and is one of Europe’s top heritage cities!  It boasts a complete circuit of walls, sections of which date back to Roman times, as well as a Norman Cathedral and the famous Rows, unique two-tiered galleries built in the traditional black and white ‘magpie’ style, containing a wide range of shops selling goods from antiques to high  fashion. In fact, Chester is one of the top retail centres in the UK, with large branches of national stores and attractive shopping malls.

Other attractions include the beautiful River Dee, the recently restored Grosvenor and Cheshire Military Museums, a Roman Amphitheatre, the beautiful Grosvenor Park and the city’s famous Roodee Racecourse. There is also a zoo and, as luck would have it, a music festival, which conveniently takes place in July!

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