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Royal Liverpool Golf Club is one of the venerable seaside links of England, located on the western side of Britain with salt breezes blowing in off Liverpool Bay. Royal Liverpool is actually located in Hoylake, not Liverpool proper, and this links is often called Hoylake after its location. In 2006, after an absence of 40 years, the Open Championship (British Open) returned to Royal Liverpool, the 14th time for the Open to be played here.

Where2Golf.com says: "This very well-maintained and challenging links course ... is a favourite with amateur and professional golfers alike. As the second oldest seaside links course in England, it commands a special place in Britain's golfing heritage. The terrain here is reasonably flat and looks benign, with sizable sand dunes featuring on less than half the holes. But ... you'll need to focus your full attention on the subtleties of this demanding course and avoiding its twin dangers, punishing rough and excellent bunkering."