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| Royal Birkdale Golf Club - England |
#30 - Royal Birkdale Golf Club - England
Royal Birkdale, Soutport, England, Lowe, 1889, Hawtree/Taylor,
Par 72, 7001 yards
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The Royal & Ancient Golf club have announced that The Open Championship will return to Turnberry in 2009. The championship
will be played over the Ailsa Course.
As announced by The R&A today(1st Dec 2005), the 138th Open Championship will be returning to Turnberry, Ayrshire
from 16th to 19th July 2009, taking place on the resort's renowned Ailsa Course.
Turnberry has been host to the Open Championship on three previous occasions. In 1977, it was the venue for the famous
'Duel in the Sun' between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. The Open returned again in 1986, when Greg Norman not only defeated
the field but also the wind and rain. In 1994 Nick Price snatched victory over the last two holes from Jesper Parnevik.
The Ailsa is regularly acknowledged as one of Britain's top three courses as well as consistently being ranked in the
world's top 20 courses. With spectacular views sweeping across the Irish Sea to the Ailsa Craig, the Isle of Arran and the
Mull of Kintyre with the picturesque lighthouse on the horizon, the Ailsa will provide a magnificent and memorable setting
for this championship and reinforces Turnberry's reputation as one of the greatest Open Championship venues.
The Old Course, St Andrews will host the 139th Open Championship from 15 - 18 July 2010.
The Old Course, St Andrews will host the 139th Open Championship from
15th to 18th July 2010. This will be the 28th time The Open has been played over the Old Course. Tiger Woods was the last
winner of The Open at the "Home of Golf" in the year 2005.
The 2010 Open will mark the 150th anniversary of the playing
of the first Open in 1860 at Prestwick. On 17 October 1860, a mere eight players competed over three rounds of 12 holes against
a bogey of 144. From that humble beginning The Open has grown to be recognised throughout the world as the most venerable
of the four Majors.
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| Royal Aberdeen - Scotland |
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club has announced that the 2011 Walker Cup match will be played at Royal
Aberdeen Golf Club, the sixth oldest in the world. Royal Aberdeen has been a venue over the years for championships at every
level. It hosted the Seniors British Open in July 2005, and has also played host to the Scottish Amateur Championship, the
Scottish Stoke Play, the Scottish Boys, the Boys Amateur, the Scottish Ladies' Amateur.
Royal Aberdeen is one of the
finest links courses in Scotland and will provide a stiff challenge for the game's top amateur golfers.
Royal Aberdeen (Balgownie Links) , the sixth oldest club in the world. This is a demanding test of Scottish
links golf which runs along the North Sea Shore. The inward nine runs through yellow whins and purple heather and provides
a unique contrast to the sand dunes which are dominant in the outward holes.
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Featured Events |
GOLF EVENTS
Future Open Championship dates and venues:
2019 Royal Portrush,
N. Ireland: July 14-21
2020 Royal St Georges, England: July 12-19
2021 St. Andrews, Scotland: July 11-18
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