Royal Birkdale Golf Trips and Golf Outings

The final English course to be included to the Open rotation was Royal Birkdale, home of the Open Championship for ten years.



Before the club received a royal charter from King George VI in 1951, it was only known as Birkdale. All of the major competitions, including the Ryder Cup, Walker Cup, Curtis Cup, and Ladies British Open Championship, have been held at Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Birkdale has played host to the Open Championship eight times (the most recent being in 2017).

It is a renowned link that is well-known for being equitable. Seldom will the ball go off course if you strike the fairways. The valleys with level bottoms between the tall sand dunes are where the fairways are set out. In turn, these dunes offer excellent viewing areas for onlookers. Always spotless, Royal Birkdale is a really difficult cookie to get right. The greens were rebuilt before the 1998 Open, and even though they are young, they are very challenging to read.

Birkdale boasts an abundance of excellent golf holes. When the wind is blowing, Royal Birkdale can be a wild place, with white horses charging into the Irish Sea, rearing their heads and slamming onto the shore like kamikazes. Many of the carries from tees to fairways into the prevailing wind can be too much for the typical golfer under these conditions. However, Royal Birkdale is an interesting venue to play golf in any kind of weather.