Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Golf course in the United Kingdom
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Key Takeaways
- Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in Southport, England.
- Winners of the Open at the course include Pádraig Harrington, Mark O'Meara, Ian Baker-Finch, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer, Peter Thomson (twice), Jordan Spieth, and Ryan Fox.
- It has also hosted the Ryder Cup (1965, 1969), the Walker Cup (1951), and the Curtis Cup (1948).
- On 22 July 2017, in the third round of the 2017 Open Championship, Branden Grace became the first man in major championship history to record a score of 62 in a single round.
- Birkdale Golf Club moved to a new site in Birkdale Hills in 1894, and a new distinctive art deco clubhouse was built in 1935.
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WikipediaRoyal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in Southport, England. It is one of the clubs in the rotation for both the Open Championship and Women's British Open and has hosted the Open Championship eleven times between 1954 and 2026. Winners of the Open at the course include Pádraig Harrington, Mark O'Meara, Ian Baker-Finch, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer, Peter Thomson (twice), Jordan Spieth, and Ryan Fox.
Royal Birkdale hosted the women's tournament for a sixth time in 2014, and was the site of the Senior Open Championship in 2013. It has also hosted the Ryder Cup (1965, 1969), the Walker Cup (1951), and the Curtis Cup (1948). Other courses in the Open rota near Liverpool are Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake) and Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.
On 22 July 2017, in the third round of the 2017 Open Championship, Branden Grace became the first man in major championship history to record a score of 62 in a single round.
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