15. Royal Liverpool – Top 100 UK and Ireland golf courses 2012

Royal Liverpool golf course at Hoylake has been ranked number 15 in Golf Monthly's top 100 UK and Ireland golf courses 2012

Royal Liverpool

Architect: Originally Chambers/Morris, early refinements by Harry Colt, more recent changes by Donald Steel (2000) and Martin Hawtree (2008) Stats: 6,933 yds, par 72, SSS 75 GF: £150 weekdays, £180 weekend Visitor information: No visitors on Thursday before 15:00 - Saturday and Sunday afternoon by arrangement with the Secretary. Visitors receive a Club History and Clubhouse Tour Guide Booklet to accompany a walk around the clubhouse to view memorabilia. W: royal-liverpool-golf.com 2010 Ranking: 13 (down 2) Improvements since 2010 Rankings: Course: None

Panellists' Comments: "A fabulous course deservedly returned to The Open roster"; "An Open course whose distinctive narrow fairways and deep rough provide the visiting golfer with a stern and comprehensive test of their golfing skills"; "The greens and run offs were particularly good, very fast and true" "a course that sits very well with its location and it

flows very naturally across the landscape utilising all the local topography of

the dunes has to offer to provide a course full of well shaped holes."

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