Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake)

Anticipated Links Experience: 
Classic links. A wonderful, powerful experience engendering enormous pleasure. From the clubhouse’s wonderful interior to the 1st tee, which can give the most hardened player cold feet, you are thrust into the thick of it. Play it whenever the season, all of which should be experienced, as few links courses awaken such desire.

Best Holes:
par3: 4th
par4: 12th
par5: 8th

Worthy of Note:
Bobby Jones won the British Open here in 1930 and in so doing completed his Grand Slam with wins in the British Amateur, the British Open, as well as the US Amateur and the US Open during the same year. The only amateurs to have won the British Open are Bobby Jones and Hoylake members John Ball and Harold Hilton.
Book dinner in the dining room before completing your round – jacket and tie.

History:
Hoylake is England’s second oldest links course, founded in 1869. The club has a history filled with great events from the world of golf, particularly on the amateur side. During its first seven years the golfcourse was good friends with a horse-racing track. The first British Amateur was held here in 1885 and since then many important tournaments have been played here, including several British Opens. Two of the greatest amateur golfers from the turn of the 20th century were members at Royal Liverpool, John Ball and Harold Hilton. John Ball won the British Amateur eight times and the British Open in 1890, becoming the first Englishman as well as amateur to do this. Harold Hilton’s story is just as impressive, winning the British Open twice in 1882 and 1897 at Hoylake. In additon he won the British Amateur four times and the US Amateur once, in 1911.

Review:

Turf	LINKS75	Tweed	High
Marker Posts	Low	Gorse	Low
Salinity	Medium	Bunkers	LINKS75

Blog Posts:
Finding Religion at Hoylake
Royal Liverpool – Hoylake

Gallery:

Website: www.royal-liverpool-golf.com