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.

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.
As Bernard Darwin wrote:
'Hit your ball to the right place and the way to the hole is open to you, but hit your ball to the wrong place and every kind of punishment, whether immediate or ultimate, will ensue'.
The club professional is Ben Squires. He has been the professional since 1 January 2013.

The Open Championship

has been held eleven times at Royal Lytham & St. Annes :
denotes amateur

Women's British Open

The Women's British Open has been held five times at Royal Lytham & St. Annes:
YearWinnerScoreWinner's
share
1998 Sherri Steinhauer 1st 292 98,162
2003 Annika Sörenstam278 254,880
2006 Sherri Steinhauer 3rd281 305,440
2009 Catriona Matthew285 335,000
2018 Georgia Hall271 490,000

;Notes:
Since its inception in 1979, the Women's British Open has always been a major on the Ladies European Tour.

Scorecard

Lengths of the course for The Open Championship :