NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) signs on as title sponsor for British Open
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation,commonly known as NTT, is a Japanese telecommunications company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Ranked 55th in Fortune Global 500, NTT is the fourth largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of revenue, as well as the third largest publicly traded company in Japan after Toyota and Sony, as of June 2022. NTT's subsidiaries include NTT Ltd, NTT Data, and NTT Docomo.
About Property:
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico. The Open is played on the weekend of the third Friday in July. It is the third major to take place each year, following The Masters and the U.S. Open, but preceding the PGA Championship. The current champion is Darren Clarke who won the 2011 Open Championship.