Birkdale Golf Club
Clubhouse in 2005
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| Coordinates | 53°37′19″N 3°01′59″W / 53.622°N 3.033°W |
| Location | Southport, England |
| Established | 1889 (1894) |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Tournaments hosted |
The Open Championship The Amateur Senior British Open Women's British Open |
| Website | royalbirkdale.com |
| Designed by | Frederick G. Hawtree J.H. Taylor |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,156 yards (6,543 m) |
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in the United Kingdom in North West England, located in Southport, Merseyside. It is one of the clubs in the rotation for both the Open Championship and Women's British Open and has hosted the Open Championship ten times from 1954 through 2017. Winners of the Open at the course include Pádraig Harrington, Mark O'Meara, Ian Baker-Finch, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer, Peter Thomson (twice) and Jordan Spieth.
Royal Birkdale hosted the women's tournament for a sixth time in 2014, and was the site of the Senior Open Championship in 2013. It has also hosted the Ryder Cup (1965, 1969), the Walker Cup (1951), and the Curtis Cup (1948). Other courses in the Open rota near Liverpool are Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake) and Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.
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