Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Map showing the location of Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club within Lancashire. Links Gate, St Anne's on Sea, Lancashire. FY8 3LQ

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

The club was founded in 1886 and was the site of the first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1893 and the Centenary Championship in 1993 won by Catriona Lambert, now Catriona Matthew. Sixteen years later she won the Women's British Open at Lytham in 2009.

Royal Lytham is a true links course, set upon links land but set back from the current day shoreline, separated by housing, roads, and a rail line. However, the proximity is such that the wind from the sea still comes into play. There are 206 bunkers on the course, an average of over 11 per hole. The course is also unique as it is the only course on the Open Championship rota that starts with a par 3 hole.

The Club Professional is Eddie Birchenough. He has been the Professional since 1 April 1987. Birchenough has acted as coach and adviser to a succession of European Tour players, among them Paul Eales, Russell Claydon. Jamie Spence, Rob Lee and Tony Charnley, together with Scottish LET player Gillian Stewart. A number of Birchenough's assistants have gone on to be successful Club Professionals in their own right including Andrew Lancaster (Fairhaven GC), Richard Booth (Hale) and Scott Astin (Hesketh). Birchenough (known by his friends as "The Old Pro") has decided to retire at the end of 2012 (after the Open Championship). The Club has already decided on his replacement and they have asked his assistant, Ben Squires, to take on the role from 1 January 2013.

The Open Championship

Winners of The Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes:

Year	Winner	Score
		R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
2012	TBD	--	--	--	--
2001	David Duval 1st	69	73	65	67	274 (-10)
1996	Tom Lehman 1st	67	67	64	73	271 (-13)
1988	Seve Ballesteros 3rd	67	71	70	65	273 (-11)
1979	Seve Ballesteros 1st	73	65	75	70	283 (-1)
1974	Gary Player 3rd	69	68	75	70	282 (-2)
1969	Tony Jacklin 1st	68	70	70	72	280 (-4)
1963	Bob Charles 1st	68	72	66	71	277 (-7)PO
1958	Peter Thomson 4th	66	72	67	73	278 (-6)PO
1952	Bobby Locke 3rd	69	71	74	73	287 (-1)
1926	Bobby Jones (a) 1st	72	72	73	74	291

• Note: Superscript number besides the player's name is the number of the Open Championship in their respective careers.

(a) denotes amateur

Women's British Open

Winners of the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes:

Year	Winner
2009	Catriona Matthew 1st
2006	Sherri Steinhauer 3rd
2003	Annika Sörenstam 1st
1998	Sherri Steinhauer 1st

Notes

• Superscript number besides the player's name is the number of Women's British Opens won at that time.
• Years in bold signify editions that were recognised as major championships by the LPGA (2001-present).
  Since its inception in 1979, the Ladies European Tour has recognised The Women's British Open as a major.

The course

The yardages listed are those of the championship course (i.e. with the tees positioned where they are for 'championships').

External links

• Royal Lytham.org - official site

Coordinates: 53°44′59″N 3°01′01″W / 53.7497°N 3.0169°W / 53.7497; -3.0169

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