| Royal Liverpool has hosted the Open Championship | | | | maintained and challenging links course, often referred |
| on 10 occasions, and will again in 2006. Roberto di | | | | to as Hoylake, is a favourite with amateur and |
| Vicenzo was the most recent winner in 1967. Hoylake | | | | professional golfers alike. As the second oldest |
| has also hosted many top-level amateur competitions | | | | seaside links course in England, it commands a special |
| including Walker Cups, the Curtis Cup and 18 British | | | | place in Britain's golfing heritage. The terrain here is |
| Amateur Championships. John Ball, eight times winner | | | | reasonably flat and looks benign, with sizable sand |
| of the Amateur Championship and once winner of | | | | dunes featuring on less than half the holes. But don't |
| The Open (1890), is Royal Liverpool's greatest player. | | | | think Hoylake lacks bite. |
| The club's motto is "Far and Sure".This very well | | | | |