Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake

Royal Liverpool was the inaugural men's amateur championship host in 1885, which became The Amateur Championship. It was host to the first ever international match between Scotland and England in 1902. It hosted the first Home International matches between Great Britain & Ireland and the United States in 1921, an event which became the Walker Cup. In fact, it is Royal Liverpool Golf Club's contribution to the amateur game that has set it apart from all other clubs in England. Although, at the end of the nineteenth century, it was the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews that took on the role of the governing body in golf as the game developed, it was at Royal Liverpool that the rules…

The thirteen winners of The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club: {| class="wikitable" !rowspan=2|Year!!rowspan=2|Winner!!colspan=5|Score!!rowspan=2|Winner's<br>share (£) |- ! R1 !! R2 !! R3 !! R4 !! Total |- |align=center|1897 || Harold Hilton (a) ^2nd || 80 || 75 || 84 || 75 || 314 || align=right|Am (30) |- |align=center|1902 || Sandy Herd || 77 || 76 || 73 || 81 || 307 || align=right|30 |- |align=center|1907 || Arnaud Massy || 76 || 81 || 78 || 77 || 312 || align=right|30 |- |align=center|1913 || J.H. Taylor ^5th || 73 || 75 || 77 || 79 || 304 || align=right|50 |- |align=center|1924 || Walter Hagen ^2nd || 77 || 73 || 74 || 77 || 301 ||…