The Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, together with the United States Polo Association (USPA), the national governing body for the sport of polo, are pleased to announce the 2024 Netjets Pacific Coast Open, August 18 – September 1.
The Pacific Coast Open is the premier polo event on the West Coast featuring many of the sport’s most competitive polo players from around the world.
Tickets are on sale now here: https://sbpolo.ticketsauce.com/.
“The Pacific Coast Open is the crown jewel of Santa Barbara’s polo season,” said David Sigman, General Manager of the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. “With world-class talent converging from all corners of the globe, this year’s tournament promises to be one of the most thrilling and competitive in the history of our club.”
Beginning Sunday, August 18, tournament games will take place on Fridays (4:00 pm) and Sundays (3:00 pm). The semifinals will take place Friday, August 30 at 1:00 and 4:00 pm PST, and the championship final will take place on Sunday, September 1, at 3:00 pm PST.
For fans who are unable to attend the games in person, the USPA Polo Network will livestream the semifinals and final on uspolo.org.
Standing at a striking height of five feet, the glorious silver-and-gold trophy for the Pacific Coast Open is a dazzling sight. Crowned with an eagle supporting a globe and adorned with semiprecious stones, the trophy is mounted on a redwood base with side panels depicting lively polo scenes.
The trophy was commissioned in 1908 by friends and members of the Coronado Country Club in California. First competed for the following year, it was initially called the All American Polo Trophy.
For more than 100 years, the trophy has resided at many clubs. Throughout the late 1920s until the early 1940s the tournament was hosted by numerous California clubs, often landing at each club for no more than a few years before switching to another.
After World War II, the PCO moved to the posh and glamorous Beverly Hills Polo Club until 1952 when it took permanent residency at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club where it remains today.
The Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club’s 2024 season sponsors include Farmers & Merchants Bank, Ferguson, Fess Parker, Folded Hills, Jackson Hole Horse Emporium, Kopu, Lucid Motors, Margerum Wine Company, Montecito Luxury Group, Hanson Organic Vodka, Netjets, O’Gara Westlake Village Bentley, US Polo Association, Whittier Trust, Palm Tree, Margarita Bravo Design, and Campari.
For more information about 2024 corporate partnership opportunities, please click here. View the full season schedule by clicking here.
About The Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club
The Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club is the premier destination for polo on the West Coast. Located on the beautiful American Riviera, the Club offers three high goal fields, a Polo School, boarding facilities, polo lessons and country club amenities including 8 tennis courts and a fitness facility, all alongside the Pacific Ocean.
The 2024 season opens May 5 and runs through October 13. For more information about the Club and to purchase tickets please visit sbpolo.com.