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Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course five times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and four times since.

HistoryEdit

Lytham & St Annes Golf Club was founded in 1886 and the present course constructed in 1897. The club was bestowed with its "Royal" title by George V shortly before it hosted its first Open Championship in 1926.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The clubhouse celebrated its centenary in 1998. It is one of the premier links courses in the world, host to eleven Open Championships, two Ryder Cups and numerous other major tournaments including the Women's and Seniors Open Championships.

There are 167 bunkers on the course lining the fairways and surrounding the greens. It is a challenging course which demands shot accuracy from its players.

The Open ChampionshipEdit

The Open Championship has been held eleven times at Royal Lytham & St. Annes:

Year Winner Score Winner's
share (£)
R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
 1926  Template:Flagicon Bobby Jones (a) 1st 72 72 73 74 291 Am (75)
1952 Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke 3rd 69 71 74 73 287 (−1) 300
1958 Template:Flagicon Peter Thomson 4th 66 72 67 73 278 (−6)PO 1,000
1963 Template:Flagicon Bob Charles 68 72 66 71 277 (−7)PO 1,500
1969 Template:Flagicon Tony Jacklin 68 70 70 72 280 (−4) 4,250
1974 Template:Flagicon Gary Player 3rd 69 68 75 70 282 (−2) 5,500
1979 Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros 1st   73 65 75 70 283 (−1) 15,000
1988 Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros 3rd 67 71 70 65 273 (−11) 80,000
1996 Template:Flagicon Tom Lehman 67 67 64 73 271 (−13) 200,000
2001 Template:Flagicon David Duval 69 73 65 67 274 (−10) 600,000
2012 Template:Flagicon Ernie Els 2nd 67 70 68 68 273 (–7) 900,000
  • Note: For multiple winners of The Open Championship, superscript ordinal identifies which in their respective careers.

(a) denotes amateur

Women's British OpenEdit

The Women's British Open has been held five times at Royal Lytham & St. Annes:

Year Winner Score Winner's
share (US$)
 1998  Template:Flagicon Sherri Steinhauer 1st   292 (+4) 98,162
2003 Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam 278 (−10) 254,880
2006 Template:Flagicon Sherri Steinhauer 3rd 281 (−7) 305,440
2009 Template:Flagicon Catriona Matthew 285 (−3) 335,000
2018 Template:Flagicon Georgia Hall 271 (−17) 490,000
Notes
  • For multiple winners of the Women's British Open, superscript ordinal identifies which in their respective careers.
  • Years in bold signify editions that were recognised as major championships by the LPGA (2001-present).
    Since its inception in 1979, the Women's British Open has always been a major on the Ladies European Tour.

ScorecardEdit

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  • The 6th hole was a par 5 in previous Opens (1969-2001)


Lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):<ref name=ocmg11>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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