History of Royal Birkdale Golf Course
Founded in 1889, the Royal Birkdale Golf Club’s history plays like a roll call of great golf events: eight British Opens, two Ryder Cups, Walker and Curtis Cups, and multiple Woman’s British Opens.
This week, the club in the northwest England town of Southport adds to its prodigious past when it plays host to British Open No. 9. TSN airs all four rounds Thursday through Sunday, July 17-20.
The par-70 Royal Birkdale is considered England’s top course and offers a number of challenges along its 7,180-yard length, not the least of which is the nearly constant wind off the Irish Sea. Other obstacles golfers will have to cope with include towering sand dunes and treacherous rough.
The last time the Open was played here in 1998, Mark O’Meara overcame rain and wind to win in a four-hole playoff. Padraig Harrington took last year’s tournament at Carnoustie in Scotland, also in a playoff.
Without Tiger Woods in the field, Harrington and the other top pros, including Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Justin Leonard, Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, Trevor Immelman and Sergio Garcia, will have an easier time of it in their pursuit of the Claret Jug.
Related Websites - Travelers Championship Preview After the draining and lengthy U.S. Open tournament at Bethpage Black, it is surprising that there is still so much going on. What we have coming up now is the Travelers Championship tournament which is going to be held at the TPC River Highlands located in Cromwell in Connecticut. Oddsmakers......
- Grand Slam Tournaments in Tennis Should you happen to be a tennis lover, then you are probably already well aware of the four grand slam tournament events, and what each of these events happens to involve. If you are not currently aware of everything that tennis involves, then now is your chance to learn a......
- Enthusiastic Wait Atletico Torres MADRID - The success of Liverpool membekuk representative of Portugal Benfica in the quarter-finals Europa League brings a sweet fate for Fernando Torres. The Spain striker will melakoni reunion game when Liverpool meet his old club, Atletico Madrid, in the semifinals, the end of April. The Reds turned the......