Pictures around Southport Pictured Founded as Birkdale Golf Club in 1889, the club was awarded "Royal" status in 1951.[1] Birk
Pictures around Southport Pictured Founded as Birkdale Golf Club in 1889, the club was awarded "Royal" status in 1951.[1] Birkdale Golf Club moved to a new site in Birkdale Hills in 1894[1] and built a new distinctive art deco clubhouse in 1935.[1] In early 1939 Birkdale was nominated as the venue for the 1940 Open Championship[2] but World War II started in September 1939 and the Championship was cancelled. In 1946, the club finally hosted its first big championship in The Amateur Championship, won by Irishman James Bruen. During the immediate post-war era, the club also hosted the 1948 Curtis Cup and the 1951 Walker Cup, both won by the United States. With these successful stagings of important events, Royal Birkdale was felt to be ready for its first Open Championship in 1954 and the club has been on the Open rota ever since. Southport is a large seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, the town in its present form was founded in 1792 UK Great Britain British United Kingdom Europe European island England English isle
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