The Open
at Royal Birkdale
The 154th Open Championship · 6 Days · Liverpool, England · 15–20 July 2026
Mosaico Travels
Curated Luxury · Exceptional Destinations
Six days inside the
greatest week in links golf
For the eleventh time in its history, Royal Birkdale plays host to The Open Championship — and the world's finest links golfers descend on Merseyside's "Golf Coast." Your group already has tickets for Thursday's opening round; Mosaico builds the rest of the week around it.
From a single base in central Liverpool you are forty minutes from Birkdale's towering dunes, twenty-five minutes from Hoylake's championship links, and a short drive from Formby's pine-fringed fairways. Two private rounds at two of England's finest courses — book-ended by the spectacle of The Open itself — and the city of Liverpool waiting at the end of every day.
- One day at The 154th Open Championship, Royal Birkdale
- Royal Liverpool (Hoylake) — England's second-oldest links and 13× Open host
- Formby Golf Club — pine-bordered heathland links, Merseyside #3
- Five nights at Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool's original boutique address
- Private chauffeured transfers to every course and to Royal Birkdale daily
- A Saturday devoted to Liverpool's UNESCO waterfront, Beatles heritage and Anfield
Three Royals, three
Open Championships, one shoreline
The forty-mile sweep of dune and links from the Wirral to Lytham is unrivalled in England. Royal Liverpool, Royal Birkdale and Royal Lytham & St Annes — three of the ten clubs in the Open rota — sit within an hour of one another, with Hillside, Southport & Ainsdale, Formby and West Lancashire filling the gaps. Liverpool, thirty minutes inland, is the natural base.
Your Open Championship Week
Six days choreographed around the Thursday at Royal Birkdale, with two private rounds and a full day to discover the city of Liverpool itself.
Liverpool City Centre
Arrival — Welcome to Liverpool
Touch down at Liverpool John Lennon (or Manchester) where your Mosaico chauffeur awaits with a private transfer to Hope Street Hotel in the city's Georgian Quarter. Your suite is ready, the Anglican Cathedral towers at one end of the street, the Metropolitan Cathedral at the other. The afternoon is yours to settle in, walk the cobbles, and ease into the time zone. The group gathers at The London Carriage Works — the hotel's two-AA-Rosette restaurant — for a welcome dinner of modern British cooking and a first toast to the week ahead.
Royal Birkdale, Southport
Round One — The 154th Open Championship
Private chauffeured transfer to Royal Birkdale for the opening round of The 154th Open. Your group has the entire Championship day to explore Birkdale's towering dunes, follow the marquee groups, and watch the world's finest test themselves on a links many professionals consider the fairest of the rota. The art-deco clubhouse — that famous "ocean liner sailing through the sand" — overlooks the 18th green. We collect you at day's end and return to Liverpool in time for an early dinner.
Hoylake, Wirral Peninsula
Royal Liverpool Golf Club — Hoylake
Twenty-five minutes south of Liverpool, "Hoylake" is the second-oldest seaside links in England and has hosted The Open Championship thirteen times — including Tiger Woods' 2006 masterclass, Rory McIlroy in 2014, and Brian Harman in 2023. Only six holes nestle in true dune country; the rest is laid bare to the ever-shifting Hoylake wind. A traditional, honest test of links golf, with the iconic out-of-bounds cop along the 1st (Course) hole still defining your opening tee shot. Lunch in the famously hospitable members' clubhouse before returning to the city.
Liverpool — UNESCO Waterfront & Cultural Quarter
A Day for the City
A morning to set the clubs aside. Begin with a private guided walk of Liverpool's UNESCO-listed Pier Head — the Three Graces, the Royal Albert Dock, and the Mersey skyline that defined the British Empire's second port. Lunch waterside at the Albert Dock, then either a private tour of Anfield with stadium-and-museum access for the football devotees, or the Beatles Story and Cavern Quarter for those drawn to Mathew Street. The evening is unhurried — a classic dinner in the Georgian Quarter, a nightcap at the Philharmonic Dining Rooms across the road from the hotel.
Formby, Merseyside
Formby Golf Club — The Final Round
Half an hour up the coast, Formby is something altogether different. A 470-acre Site of Special Scientific Interest where Scots pine, gorse and silver birch ring the dune corridors — Willie Park Jr. laid out the original course in 1884, and James Braid, Harry Colt and Donald Steel each added their hand. Hosted the Curtis Cup in 2004 and the Amateur in 1984 and 2009. The members are unfailingly welcoming; the routing winds inland through the pines and out toward the Irish Sea. A late lunch in the clubhouse before returning to Liverpool for a final group dinner at The London Carriage Works.
Liverpool — Departure
Farewell to Merseyside
A leisurely breakfast at 1931, the hotel's bright second restaurant, before checkout. Your Mosaico chauffeur arrives to transfer the group to Liverpool John Lennon (twenty minutes) or Manchester Airport (forty-five) for onward flights. Two championship rounds. One day inside the ropes at The Open. A city that came to feel, by week's end, a little like home.
Hope Street Hotel —
Liverpool's original boutique address
On Hope Street between the city's two cathedrals — Anglican to the south, Metropolitan to the north — sits a Venetian-palazzo building from 1860, formerly the London Carriage Works coachmaker for Rolls Royce. Since 2003 it has been Liverpool's first and finest boutique hotel: independently owned, four-star with five-star touches, 149 rooms across studios, lounge suites and rooftop suites with private terraces.
Cheshire brick, iron pillars, pitch-pine beams; bespoke cherry, oak and walnut furnishing throughout. The London Carriage Works — the only Liverpool hotel restaurant to hold two AA Rosettes — anchors the dining; 1931 handles bright modern breakfasts and informal evenings. The award-winning spa was named UK Best City Spa by the Good Spa Guide.
- 149 rooms · suites with terraces & outdoor spa baths
- The London Carriage Works · 2 AA Rosettes
- Award-winning spa with indoor pool & thermal journey
- Temple Spa products throughout · Nespresso · REN toiletries
- Georgian Quarter — between the two Cathedrals
- 15-minute walk to Lime Street Station & the waterfront
One Open. Two Private Rounds.
Three legendary links.
An entire Thursday inside the ropes at Royal Birkdale, plus private tee times at two of England's finest seaside courses — both within thirty minutes of your hotel.
Royal Birkdale
World #82 · England #8 · 11× Open Host · Southport, Merseyside
Royal Liverpool — Hoylake
England #15 · 13× Open Host · Morris & Chambers · Hoylake, Wirral
Formby Golf Club
England #17 · Park Jr · Braid · Colt · Formby, Merseyside
The city of Liverpool
UNESCO World Heritage waterfront, the spiritual home of British football, the birthplace of the Beatles, and one of the great Georgian streetscapes in England — all within the radius of an evening's walk from the hotel.
The Three Graces
Pier Head · UNESCO Waterfront
The Mersey by Night
Royal Albert Dock
Anfield
Liverpool F.C. · Since 1892
The Anglican Cathedral
Hope Street · Outside Your DoorEvery Detail, Considered
Five Nights · Hope Street Hotel
Five nights at Liverpool's original boutique hotel in the Georgian Quarter. Suite category as selected; daily breakfast at 1931; full access to the award-winning spa.
Two Private Championship Rounds
Tee times, green fees, and caddies at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake) and Formby Golf Club. Clubhouse access at both; lunches included.
Daily Private Transfers
Private chauffeured vehicles for arrival, every course transfer, the round-trip to Royal Birkdale on Open Thursday, and final airport departure.
Select Curated Dining
Welcome and farewell dinners at The London Carriage Works (2 AA Rosettes); Saturday dinner in the Georgian Quarter.
Liverpool Cultural Programme
Saturday's private guided UNESCO waterfront walk; choice of Anfield Stadium tour or Beatles Story / Cavern Quarter access for non-golfing partners.
Optional Upgrade - Mosaico Concierge
Dedicated concierge support throughout the trip — restaurant reservations, additional rounds at Hillside or Southport & Ainsdale on request, and any bespoke arrangements.
"Royal Birkdale is the fairest of the great championship links — what you see is what you get, and what you do you've earned."— A Sentiment Often Echoed in The Open Press Tent
Begin Your Open
Championship Journey
To check availability at Hope Street Hotel for the Championship week and to lock in private tee times at Royal Liverpool and Formby, contact your Mosaico advisor.
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