Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Clubhouse
Place data
Coordinates:	53 ° 44 '55 "  N , 3 ° 0' 50"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 44 '55 "  N , 3 ° 0' 50"  W.
Playable since:	1897
Architect:	George Lowe
Extensions:	1919- Harry Shapland Colt
Par:	70
Length:	7118 yards
Character:	Left

The Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club (short: Royal Lytham & St Annes ) is one of the premium golf clubs in the United Kingdom and is located in the urban area of ​​the seaside resort of Lytham St Annes , Fylde District , Lancashire .

founding

The club was founded in 1886, the square itself was laid out in 1897. In 1919 the course was given its current characteristics by the well-known golf course architect Harry Shapland Colt .

Characteristic

Although the square is a typical representative of the traditional links square, it is located several hundred meters from the beach and is now completely enclosed by the town's buildings. Despite this location, strong sea breezes also regularly influence the game.

Hole 10, Women's British Open 2009

The slightly shorter fairway length compared to other "Championship" courses is compensated for by narrow fairways with very strong and high rough on the sides . The main difficulty certainly consists of the more than 200, in some cases very deep, “links course” typical pot bunkers, which even golf professionals often only allow the way to the side or back. Unlike most other tournament courses, the first hole is played as a "par 3".

Tournaments

The course regularly plays host to various international golf tournaments. The last major event was the Walker Cup in 2015

British Open

On June 13, 1893, the world's first golf tournament for women was held here, and Lady Margaret Scott became the winner of the first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship .

The Open Championship (British Open) for men has also been held here since 1926 . In the first edition, the legendary amateur golfer Bobby Jones was able to secure his first open title here. He won it u. a. About Walter Hagen the most financially successful by far the professional players of this era.

The tournament has been held 11 times so far (as of 2012), the last winner was the South African Ernie Els. He was able to secure his 4 major titles with one stroke ahead of the Australian Adam Scott , although Scott had 4 holes before he finished with 4 Beats.

year	winner	nationality	Score
			R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1926	Bobby Jones (A)	United States	72	72	73	74	291
1952	Bobby Locke	South Africa	69	71	74	73	287
1958	Peter Thomson	Australia	66	72	67	73	278
1963	Bob Charles	New Zealand	68	72	66	71	277
1969	Tony Jacklin	England	68	70	70	72	280
1974	Gary Player	South Africa	69	68	75	70	282
1979	Severiano Ballesteros	Spain	73	65	75	70	283
1988	Severiano Ballesteros	Spain	67	71	70	65	273
1996	Tom Lehman	United States	67	67	64	73	271
2001	David Duval	United States	69	73	65	67	274
2012	Ernie Els	South Africa	67	70	68	68	273

(A) = amateur

Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup matches of 1961 and 1977, a purely American and British / Irish event at the time, were held here. Both matches were clearly won by the USA . (1961: 14.5: 9.5; 1977: 12.5: 7.5)

literature

• Edward Anthony Nickson: The Lytham century, and beyond: A history of Royal Lytham and St Anne's Golf Club 1886-2000. Lytham St. Anne's 2000.
• Renton Laidlaw: The R&A Golfer's Handbook 2010 . Macmillan, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-74125-6 .

Web links

• Club website
• Course map at the British Open 2012
• The Open Championship website