Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club

Clubhouse in July 2009
Club information
Location in the Borough of Fylde
Coordinates 53°44′59″N 3°01′04″W / 53.7496°N 3.0178°W / 53.7496; -3.0178Coordinates: 53°44′59″N 3°01′04″W / 53.7496°N 3.0178°W / 53.7496; -3.0178
Location Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
Established 1886
Type Private
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted Lytham Trophy
The Open Championship,
The Amateur,
Senior British Open,
Women's British Open
Website royallytham.org
Designed by George Lowe
Harry Colt (1919 redesign)
Par 70
Length 7,118 yards (6,509 m)[1]

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 four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since.

History

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club was founded in 1886 and the present Course constructed in 1897. The Clubhouse celebrated its Centenary in 1998. It is one of the premier links courses in the world, host to ten Open Championships, two Ryder Cups and numerous other major tournaments including the Women's and Seniors Open Championships. Northern hospitality has always been famous and Royal Lytham leads the way. You will be made very welcome.

It is renowned as a Course on which is it hard to scramble a good score, after all, there are 204 bunkers peppering the Fairways and surrounding the Greens. It may not be the longest of courses but it is one where careful thought and accurate shots are required.

As Darwin wrote:

'Hit your ball to the right place and the way to the hole is open to you, but hit your ball to the wrong place and every kind of punishment, whether immediate or ultimate, will ensue'.

The Club Professional is Ben Squires. He has been the Professional since 1 January 2013.

The Open Championship

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

YearWinnerScoreWinner's
share (£)
R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
 1926  United States Bobby Jones (a) 1st72727374291Am (75)
1952 South Africa Bobby Locke 3rd69717473287 (−1)300
1958 Australia Peter Thomson 4th66726773278 (−6)PO1,000
1963 New Zealand Bob Charles 68726671277 (−7)PO1,500
1969 England Tony Jacklin 68707072280 (−4)4,250
1974 South Africa Gary Player 3rd69687570282 (−2)5,500
1979 Spain Seve Ballesteros 1st   73657570283 (−1)15,000
1988 Spain Seve Ballesteros 3rd67717065273 (−11)80,000
1996 United States Tom Lehman 67676473271 (−13)200,000
2001 United States David Duval 69736567274 (−10)600,000
2012 South Africa Ernie Els 2nd 67706868273 (–7)900,000

(a) denotes amateur

Women's British Open

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

YearWinnerScoreWinner's
share (US$)
 1998  United States Sherri Steinhauer 1st   292 (+4)98,162
2003 Sweden Annika Sörenstam 278 (−10)254,880
2006 United States Sherri Steinhauer 3rd281 (−7)305,440
2009 Scotland Catriona Matthew 285 (−3)335,000
Notes

Scorecard

Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club [1][2]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
2012 Open Championship 2054814783922194925924161653440 38759819835544446233645341336467086
Blue 2064814773912184945894171643437 38560119635744346435846741036817118
Par Championship 344434543 34 453444444 36 70
Par Men's 344435543 35 453444444 36 71
Red 1984244573811884945693961563263 33454018734043645535143239334686731
Green 1743994323711704745393891443092 32046515732442944634341337132686360
Orange 1693754183571474085123111372834 30739115127541843233340430930205854
Par Women's 344535543 36 453455454 39 75


Lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[3]

  • 2012: 7,086 yards (6,479 m), par 70
  • 2001: 6,905 yards (6,314 m), par 71
  • 1996: 6,892 yards (6,302 m), par 71
  • 1988: 6,857 yards (6,270 m), par 71
  • 1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m), par 71
  • 1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m), par 71
  • 1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m), par 71
  • 1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m), par 70
  • 1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m)
  • 1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m)

References

  1. 1 2 "Scorecard". Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  2. "Course guide". The Open. 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 203. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

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