{"id":224093,"date":"2026-03-16T04:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/accenture-partnership-the-open\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T05:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:00:13","slug":"accenture-partnership-the-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/accenture-partnership-the-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Accenture partnership | The Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theopen.com\/latest\/accenture-business-technology-consulting-partner\">Accenture partnership | The Open<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theopen.com\/latest\/accenture-business-technology-consulting-partner\">https:\/\/www.theopen.com\/latest\/accenture-business-technology-consulting-partner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-16 04:51:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theopen.com\">www.theopen.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-copy\">Mark Darbon, Chief Executive of The R&#038;A [above], said: \u201cAccenture has a renowned reputation worldwide for its expertise in technology, data and innovation and we see this partnership as a valuable opportunity to support our strategic priorities in golf and help shape the future of the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-copy\">\u201cAs both an Official Patron of our major championships and our Official Business and Technology Consulting Partner, Accenture will work closely with us to help modernise how we govern and deliver the game, while sharing our ambition to inspire people through world-class championships and showcase golf as a sport for everyone to enjoy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-copy\">Through the partnership, Accenture will provide consultancy support to help modernize how the sport is governed, delivered and experienced, building on its track record of working with major global sports organizations to drive innovation at scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-copy\">Mauro Macchi, CEO of Accenture in EMEA, said: \u201cGolf is one of the world\u2019s great global sports, with a rich history and an exciting future. We\u2019re proud to partner with The R&#038;A as its Official Business and Technology Consulting Partner, as well as an Official Patron of its most iconic championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-copy\">\u201cTogether, we will apply technology, data, and AI to help open the game to an even wider audience \u2013 strengthening the sport\u2019s foundations, enhancing experiences on and off the course, and supporting The R&#038;A\u2019s mission to grow and evolve golf for generations to come.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-copy\">Accenture will also collaborate with The R&#038;A to activate its Patron status across The Open, AIG Women\u2019s Open, and ISPS HANDA Senior Open, supporting the storytelling, heritage and global reach of golf\u2019s most prestigious championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theopen.com\/latest\/accenture-business-technology-consulting-partner\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accenture partnership | The Open https:\/\/www.theopen.com\/latest\/accenture-business-technology-consulting-partner Publish Date: 2026-03-16 04:51:00 Source Domain: www.theopen.com Mark Darbon,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.theopen.com:443\/-\/media\/images---news-articles\/2026\/03\/accenture-launch-1024.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-224093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224095,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224093\/revisions\/224095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}