A golfer at the top of the backswing, ghosted into the navy field behind the introduction.Jordan Spieth driving off the tee at the 148th Open, Royal Portrush.

e Commerce | UX/UI

Briefed to deliver The Open into the 21st century, I worked on a team of 3 designers to deliver the Royal Port-rush event site which paved the way to delivering a full digital transformation.

I was part of a small senior design team working across UX, UI, and digital brand. My focus was on ticketing, commerce flows, and fan-facing journeys, translating a refreshed brand into scalable, usable experiences under high traffic and operational pressure.

Ticket builder

Wireframe: Buy Tickets, choosing how many adults, youth and junior tickets are going.Wireframe: Buy Tickets, picking championship days, with the basket priced alongside.Wireframe: Buy Parking, car, motorcycle, minibus and coach passes against the same basket.Wireframe: the ticket basket at checkout, with the Mastercard express route.Wireframe: Buy Parking for a single day, basket totalled and ready for checkout.Wireframe: Buy Tickets confirmed, the completed basket before payment.Wireframe: the basket as a narrow, sticky column on a small screen.Two award seals: DADI Awards winner, Best website design 2019, and Sitecore winner, Ultimate Experience Award 2019.
  • Prolific North - Website of the year 2019
  • Sports Technology Awards 2020
The built ticket flow: selecting days and ticket types, then upgrading with grandstand seats and hospitality extras.
The 148th Open home page on a tablet — Royal Portrush hero, hospitality and ticket calls to action.
The History of The Open timeline, 1860 to 1883, on a tablet.
Champion Golfers at Royal St George's, profile cards for Darren Clarke and Ben Curtis.
An editorial page: World Number 1s and how they have fared at The Open.
The Championship Day One page: day film, what to expect, day-one action gallery, ticket inclusions and official partners.
The full desktop home page: hero, a historic return film, the course, the crowd, day cards, the venue map and the FAQs.
Mobile Buy Tickets: selecting championship days, with sold-out and limited-availability states.Mobile Championship Day One: editorial hero and the day's story.Mobile ticket selection: adult, youth and junior steppers with a running basket total.

A fan first experience

With over 100 million people worldwide engaging with The Open throughout the year, its digital presence is one of the most critical brand touchpoints. The platform was designed to deliver a world-class fan experience, whether attending the Championship in person or following it globally online.

Day 2 Live: full coverage, featured group and featured holes running side by side in the watch experience.
The R&A
While heritage and tradition are core to The Open’s standing as one of the world’s most revered sporting events, it’s also vital that innovation enables the Championship to grow it’s worldwide following. We are delighted with the new platform, that will enable us to provide an immersive, year-round experience.
Kevin Bain
Head of Digital Infrastructure, The R&A

Average session Duration

55.78%

increase YoY following launch

revenue through the site

71.81%

increase YoY following launch

new sign ups

250,000+

to Open TV

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