The
Royal Liverpool Golf Club is a leading
golf club in
Merseyside in North West England. It was founded in 1869 on what was then the racecourse of the Liverpool Hunt Club, and received the "Royal" designation in 1871 due to the patronage of the
Duke of Connaught of the day, who was one of
Queen Victoria's younger sons. Robert Chambers and George Morris (younger brother of
Old Tom Morris) were commissioned to lay out the original Hoylake course, which was extended to 18 holes in 1871.
Harry Colt, one of the world's leading golf course architects, redesigned the course early in the 20th century, and it has since been tweaked periodically, mainly as a response to advances in equipment.
Location
Despite the club's name, its clubhouse is located in the small town of
Hoylake on the
Wirral Peninsula, with the course itself extending between Hoylake and the neighbouring town of
West Kirby, which is separated from the city of
Liverpool by the estuary of the
River Mersey. Consequently, the course is often referred to as
Hoylake, after the town. It has a single 18-hole course, which is a seaside
links.
The
2006 Open Championship was held at Royal Liverpool on 20-23 July, for the first time since 1967. The course had its routing changed slightly for the championship, so that the old 16th hole (a huge par 5) became the 18th, thus making the old 17th and 18th the first and second holes, respectively, with the former first hole now becoming the third, and so...
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