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There are only six golf courses in England that have hosted The Open Championship
in its' long history. These course are Royal St George's (Sandwich), Royal Liverpool
(Hoylake), Royal Cinque Ports (Deal), Prince's, Royal Lytham and St Annes and
Royal Birkdale. England has hosted The Open a total of forty six times with next
Open Championship being staged in England in 2012. Royal Lytham & St Annes
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Royal St George's golf course was the first course to host The Open outside of
Scotland in the year 1894. Royal St George's has hosted The Open Championship
13 times with the most recent being in 2003 when Ben Curtis became the Open Champion
at his first attempt. 2011 will see the return of The Open Championship to "Sandwich".
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Royal Liverpool became a regular on The Open circuit in 1897 and has staged The
Championship eleven times since then. The 2006 Open was won by Tiger Woods at
Royal Liverpool and The Open will return there again in 2014. | |
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Having only hosted The Open twice, once in 1909 when J. H. Taylor was victorious
and also in 1920 when George Duncan won, Royal Cinque Ports is a true links course
which would be worthy of staging another Championship.
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Royal Lytham and
St Annes Golf Club was first introduced to The Open in 1926 and found an extremely
famous and popular winner - Bobby Jones. Lytham has since staged The Open nine
times with David Duval being the most recent champion there in 2001 and will return
again to Lytham in 2012.
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Strangely enough, Royal Birkdale is the most recent golf course in England to
have been chosen by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club to play host to The Open.
Many golfers regard Birkdale as the best links course in England. Peter Thomson,
Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tom Watson are among those who have won The Open
here.
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Prince's Golf Club is situated in Sandwich with Royal St George's Golf Club as
its' neighbour. Having only staged The Open in 1932, Prince's is still used for
Open Qualifying when The Open is at Royal St George's. Gene Sarazen is the only
player to have won at Prince's Golf Club. | |
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