Course Description

Host to some ten British Open Championships, Royal Liverpool Golf Club richly deserves its reputation as one of the world's finest links courses and its impressive list of champions include J. H. Taylor, Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, Fred Daly and most recently Tiger Woods in 2006. Despite first perceptions of Royal Liverpool as being somewhat flat and benign, the links at Hoylake is among the toughest championship tests in the United Kingdom. Any such misplaced beliefs are firmly dispelled upon playing the wicked opening hole, often described as the best 19th hole in matchplay golf, and where out-of bounds threaten both from the tee and on your approach to the green. Another of the fine holes on the front-nine is the long par three, 7th. Having recently undergone some design changes, the 7th, which was once uncharitably described as "a reason to get to the eighth" is now a truly classic short hole. The most attractive area of the course may be around the turn but you are advised to keep your mind well on the job at hand. The par four, 12th hole is arguably the finest hole on the links and requires a huge drive to carry the three bunkers, which guard the left hand corner of the dogleg. Upon successful negotiation of the drive, you are faced with a dangerous approach to a green guarded to the left by a pond. The par five, 15th hole, protected by bunkers on the left and mounds on the right, is the start of Hoylake's much written about closing stretch, which will certainly not disappoint. Par 72, 6847 yards.