Royal Liverpool Golf Club
| Royal Liverpool Golf Club | |
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 Hole 3, The Open 2006 |
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| Place data | |
| Coordinates: | 53 ° 23 '6.6 " N , 3 ° 11' 27.8" W. |
| Playable since: | 1885 |
| Par: | 72 |
| Length: | 7218 yards |
| Character: | Left |
The Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake (RLGC), also Royal Liverpool Village Golf Club at Hoylake , Royal Liverpool for short , is one of the premium golf clubs in the United Kingdom , north of the St. George's Canal , on the coast of the Irish Sea lies. Located on the Wirral Peninsula , it is only separated from the metropolis of Liverpool ( Merseyside ) by the mouth of the River Mersey .
It is a representative of the links courses that are typical of "original" golf and has been part of the Rota, known as the Rota , of courses that are allowed to host the open British golf championships since 1897 .
Tournaments
The following major tournaments were held on the pitch:
- The Open Championship : 1897, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1924, 1930, 1936, 1947, 1956, 1967, 2006, 2014
- The British Amateur Championship : 1885 (opening tournament), 1887, 1890, 1894, 1898, 1902, 1906, 1910, 1921, 1927, 1933, 1939, 1953, 1962, 1969, 1975, 1995, 2000
- The Amateur British Ladies Championship : 1896, 1989, 1996
- Women's British Open : 2012
- Walker Cup : 1983
- Curtis Cup : 1992
British Open winner
| year | winner | Result |
Profit ( £ ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | |||
| 1897 |
Harold Hilton (A)
|
80 | 75 | 84 | 75 | 314 | (A) (30) |
| 1902 |
Sandy stove 
|
77 | 76 | 73 | 81 | 307 | 30th |
| 1907 |
Arnaud Massy 
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76 | 81 | 78 | 77 | 312 | 30th |
| 1913 |
JH Taylor
|
73 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 304 | 50 |
| 1924 |
Walter Hagen 
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77 | 73 | 74 | 77 | 301 | 75 |
| 1930 |
Bobby Jones (A)
|
70 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 291 | (A) (100) |
| 1936 |
Alf Padgham
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73 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 287 | 100 |
| 1947 |
Fred Daly 
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73 | 70 | 78 | 72 | 293 (+5) | 150 |
| 1956 |
Peter Thomson 
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70 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 286 (−2) | 1,000 |
| 1967 |
Roberto DeVicenzo 
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70 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 278 (−10) | 2,100 |
| 2006 |
Tiger Woods
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67 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 270 (−18) | 720,000 |
| 2014 |
Rory McIlroy
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66 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 271 (−17) | 975,000 |
(A) = amateur status
literature
- Renton Laidlaw: The R&A Golfer's Handbook 2010 . Macmillan, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-74125-6 .