For the first time since 1986, the Club hosted the Women's British Open Championship. The event attracted most of the top women golfers, including the World's number one Karrie Webb and the defending champion, Sherri Steinhauer, who, after wins at Royal Lytham in 1998 and...
Rebecca Hudson, the former Daily Telegraph Junior Golfer of the Year narrowly failed to win the British Ladies Open Amateur title at Royal Birkdale on Saturday 12 June 1999. She lost the final to French International Marine Monnet, the 19-year-old Parisian who won the British...
In a typical Open week of gales, torrential rain and brilliant sunshine, it took the third playoff in 10 years to establish O'Meara as a double major winner of the season. Setting the ancient Claret Jug next to the US Masters green jacket he won...
1991 was a hotly contested and difficult Open championship. With the course par set at an all-time low of 70 and windy conditions, it was a true test for all players. Seve Ballesteros fired a superb 66 in a strong westerly wind to lead after day...
Royal Birkdale hosted the Amateur Championship in 1989. The event saw Stephen Dodd triumph. In one semi-final, Craig Cassells, an England youth player whose 68 was the lowest in qualifying, beat Garth McGimpsey at the 18th. In the other semi-final, Welshman Steven Dodd beat Australian Steven...
The Women's British Open was still not considered a Major Championship in 1986. At first, it was difficult for the organisers to get the most prestigious courses to agree to host the event, except for Royal Birkdale, which hosted it twice during its early years. The...
On day one, the course witnessed Craig Stadler set the pace with a 64, the lowest first round on record. This championship saw four Americans in the top five places and the emergence of future European stars such as Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo, and Seve...
The first Ladies' Open to be held at Birkdale was won by an amateur, Marta Figueras-Dotti, who was not eligible to receive the six thousand pound prize. On an opening day, a 14-year-old girl from Yorkshire, Carole Swallow, with her father acting as a caddie,...
In the sizzling summer of 1976, the passage of five years brought another two-man battle, settled only by a great last round of 66. In heatwave conditions, which saw fire break out on the course, Johnny Miller won by the widest Birkdale margin of six...
The 100th staging of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale first saw Lee Trevino aiming to add the Claret Jug to the US Open he had won the previous month. In typical Trevino style, he was quoted to say, "It will be a miracle, but...