Fundraising
BHF appointed as official charity of The Senior Open
We’re so pleased to announce that we’ve been appointed the Official Charity of the 2023 Senior Open, presented by Rolex, which takes place at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club from July 27-30.
Working with the PGA European Tour we will be official charity for the 2023 and 2024 Senior Open. Presented by Rolex, this year’s event will take place at the famous Royal Porthcawl Golf Club. Together we hope to raise funds for our lifesaving research.
Rhodri Thomas, our Head of BHF Cymru, said: "We're delighted to be named official charity partner for the 2023 and 2024 Senior Open Championship, and we want to thank the PGA European Tour for their ongoing support.
"Heart and circulatory disease are the world's biggest killers and we hope this partnership will help us raise an incredible amount of money to accelerate research into new treatments and cures."
Tee-rific fundraising opportunities
In addition to the Long Putt Challenge, hosted in the spectator village, there will also be a raffle for the chance to win a pair of money can’t buy tickets to the Ryder Cup, which takes place at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, Italy, later this year.
We’ll also be offering spectators the opportunity to learn CPR through our free, interactive, online CPR training course, RevivR, and talking about the importance of registering defibrillators on The Circuit, the national defibrillator network.
Edward Kitson, Championship Director of The Senior Open Presented by Rolex, said: “We are delighted to welcome BHF Wales to this year’s Senior Open Presented by Rolex.
“They are a charity who have touched millions of peoples’ lives over the last six decades and their pioneering research into heart and circulatory diseases is incredibly important. We hope to be able to raise a substantial amount of money this year at Royal Porthcawl, adding to the work we achieved together with BHF Scotland at Gleneagles in 2022.”