2014
In 2014, Rory McIlroy clinches his first Open Championship and third major title with a two-shot victory over Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler on a thrilling final day at Hoylake. The Northern Irishman joins Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three of golf’s modern majors by the age of 25.
1983
62 years after the trial match at Royal Liverpool, the Walker Cup proper is fought for on the Hoylake links. The GB&I team, captained by Charlie Green, loses to the Americans led by Jay Sigel, 13½ to 10½. The USA team includes a young Nathaniel Crosby, blissfully unaware that in 2019 he will return along with the Walker Cup, only this time as US skipper.
Jay Sigel leads out the USA team, with Nathaniel Crosby behind him
2006
Having worked hard to create the infrastructure necessary for major golf championships, Royal Liverpool is rewarded with its return to The Open rota after a 39 year absence. The fabled mighty winds do not blow, but there is no denying that another mighty champion is born in the shape of Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods, who navigates his way through a heatwave and across a bone dry course with enormous care and skill. The total attendance is the second highest in Open history.
2012
Hoylake welcomes the Women’s British Open for the first time. With the London Olympics impacting on the sporting schedule, the event has been moved to September. Extreme weather impacts on proceedings and play on the Friday is canceled. However, Jiyai Shin’s steely determination and ability to transcend the meteorological challenges and gathering darkness results in a total victory as she defeats the field by 9 shots.
The GB&I team 1992
18 year old Caroline Hall makes a par on the 18th hole of the final singles match to defeat Vicki Goetze of the US 1 up, and regains the Curtis Cup for Great Britain and Ireland by a margin of 10-8.
2019
Royal Liverpool Golf Club celebrates its 150th anniversary, or ‘sesquicentennial’ for those of us who can pronounce the word. In September the Club welcomes fine young amateurs competing for The Walker Cup, with Great Britain and Ireland determined to dominate the 47th Match and avenge the heavy defeat by 19 points to 7 two years earlier at the Los Angeles Country Club.
The Walker Cup in residence at Hoylake
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