Thursday 16th – Sunday 19th August 2018
Galgorm Castle Ballymena

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Event Info

The Northern Ireland Open is Northern Ireland’s homegrown national annual professional golf tournament and has been on the European Challenge Tour schedule since 2013. Prior to 2013 the NI Open featured on the PGA Europro Tour (2010-2012).

Since its inception as a European Tour Group event, the NI Open has been the European Challenge Tour’s standout tournament with record crowds growing year on year. In 2017 over 43,000 visitors attended and the event created and enjoyed the innovative ‘Shootout Sunday’ format, won by Frenchman Robin Sciot-Siegrist.

The NI Open is not just a golf event, rather a Golf Tournament for all the Family! The NI Open has something for everyone including a gin festival, food festival, kids fun area plus much more!

The NI Open has the full support of Niall Horan; Niall’s golf management company Modest! Golf have been an event partner since 2015 and as a massive golf fan, Niall is very involved in the event.

Stay tuned for exciting news as the year progresses. The event is FREE to enter, simply register for your tickets HERE once available.

The NI Open is part of the European Challenge Tour’s international schedule, the second tier of men’s professional golf in Europe and the final stepping-stone to the ‘big time’ of world golf. The NI Open attracts a strong contingent of Irish European Tour winners such as Michael Hoey, Simon Thornton and Damien McGrane plus up and coming professionals such as Cormac Sharvin, Gary Hurley and Ballymena’s very own Dermot McElroy, plus a host of former European Tour winners and Ryder Cup players.

The event showcases the best of local food within the NI Open Village which also includes a wide range of Exhibitors, Live Music, the Village Bar and the Tournament Scoreboard.

The Interactive Zone offers something for all the family with FREE golf lessons for all and the opportunity to try your hand at Pitch & Putt on Galgorm Castle’s Fun Golf Area. Budding Rory McIlroys and Stephanie Meadows can become Junior NI Open Champions; the GolfNow Junior NI Open was launched in 2017 and was a great success so will return again in 2018 bigger and better!

For the young ones, the Kids Fun Area provides plenty of activities to keep everyone happy, including the magical Galgorm Castle Fairy Trail

Food

The NI Open Food Festival showcases the finest of local produce with a wide range of artisan producers bringing their delightful offerings, with something for all appetites!

NI Open Village

The NI Open Village showcases a wide range of Exhibitors with lots of fun to be had and prizes to be won as well as the Tournament Scoreboard and Public Bar!

Interactive Zone

The NI Open is not just about watching golf, you can PLAY golf too! FREE lessons for all the family, Junior NI Open, Pitch & Putt, Kids Fun Area, Family Activity Area and the Galgorm Castle Fairy Trail!

Hospitality

Host clients, treat staff or organise a great day out with friends, taking in the world-class golf while enjoying world class food and drink!

Volunteers

Volunteers are the foundation of the NI Open; if you are interested in volunteering, please contact our Volunteer Manager – Mrs Jackie Neill via: volunteermanager.galgormcastle@gmail.com

Accommodation

Ballymena has a wide variety of quality accommodation: visit our Official Accommodation Partners Galgorm Resort & Spa and the McKeever Hotel Group or view a full list of Local Accommodation

Charity

The Official Charities of the 2017 NI Open were NSPCC, Cancer Research UK and RNLI who raised almost thousands of pounds during the event! 2018’s Official Charity will be announced in due course.