Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

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

Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club
Clubhouse in July 2009
Club information
Location in the Borough of Fylde
Coordinates53.7496°N 3.0178°W / 53.7496; -3.0178
LocationLytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
Established1886
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Tournaments hostedLytham Trophy
The Open Championship,
The Amateur,
Senior Open Championship,
Women's British Open
Websiteroyallytham.org
Designed byGeorge Lowe
Harry Colt (1919 redesign)
Par70
Length7,118 yards (6,509 m)[1]

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.

It is renowned as a course on which is it hard to scramble a good score, after all, there are 167 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.

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 (£)
R1R2R3R4Total
 1926  Bobby Jones (a) 1st72727374291Am (75)
1952 Bobby Locke 3rd69717473287 (−1)300
1958 Peter Thomson 4th66726773278 (−6)PO1,000
1963 Bob Charles68726671277 (−7)PO1,500
1969 Tony Jacklin68707072280 (−4)4,250
1974 Gary Player 3rd69687570282 (−2)5,500
1979 Seve Ballesteros 1st  73657570283 (−1)15,000
1988 Seve Ballesteros 3rd67717065273 (−11)80,000
1996 Tom Lehman67676473271 (−13)200,000
2001 David Duval69736567274 (−10)600,000
2012 Ernie Els 2nd67706868273 (–7)900,000
  • Note: For multiple winners of The Open Championship, superscript ordinal identifies which in their respective careers.

(a) denotes amateur

Women's British Open

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

YearWinnerScoreWinner's
share (US$)
 1998  Sherri Steinhauer 1st  292 (+4)98,162
2003 Annika Sörenstam278 (−10)254,880
2006 Sherri Steinhauer 3rd281 (−7)305,440
2009 Catriona Matthew285 (−3)335,000
2018 Georgia Hall271 (−17)490,000
Notes
  • For multiple winners of the Women's British Open, superscript ordinal identifies which in their respective careers.
  • Years in bold signify editions that were recognised as major championships by the LPGA (2001-present).
    Since its inception in 1979, the Women's British Open has always been a major on the Ladies European Tour.

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 34443454334 4534444443670
Par Men's 34443554335 4534444443671
Red 1984244573811884945693961563263 33454018734043645535143239334686731
Green 1743994323711704745393891443092 32046515732442944634341337132686360
Orange 1693754183571474085123111372834 30739115127541843233340430930205854
Par Women's 34453554336 4534554543975
  • The 6th hole was a par 5 in previous Opens (1969-2001)


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. "Scorecard". Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. "Course guide". The Open. 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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