Southport, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Royal Birkdale Golf Club (1014138)
Birkdale began in 1889 with nine holes at Shaw Hills. The Club decided to move in 1894 and established its present home in 1897.
- Course
- 18 holes · par 72
- Original architect
- George Lowe
The course
Course design
Royal Birkdale Golf Club (1014138) history
Its Art Deco clubhouse opened in 1935 to a design by George E. Tonge. Royal status followed in 1951, and the first Open Championship at the course took place in 1954.
Championships
- 2026 The 154th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 2017 The 146th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 2008 The 137th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 2005 The Amateur ChampionshipRoyal Birkdale Golf Club (1014138)
View all 13 past editions
- 1998 The 127th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 1991 The 120th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 1989 The Amateur ChampionshipRoyal Birkdale Golf Club (1014138)
- 1983 The 112th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 1976 The 105th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 1971 The 100th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 1965 The 94th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 1961 The 90th OpenRoyal Birkdale
- 1954 The 83rd OpenRoyal Birkdale
Results and dates 13 editions
The Open Championship
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The 83rd Open
Peter Thomson
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The 90th Open
Arnold Palmer
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The 94th Open
Peter Thomson
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The 100th Open
Lee Trevino
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The 105th Open
Johnny Miller
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The 112th Open
Tom Watson
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The 120th Open
Ian Baker-Finch
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The 127th Open
Mark O'Meara
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The 137th Open
Padraig Harrington
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The 146th Open
Jordan Spieth
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The 154th Open
Ryan Fox
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The Amateur Championship
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Stephen Dodd
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Brian McElhinney
Sources and editorial notes6 references
Sources for this story
- Royal Birkdale | History Royal Birkdale Golf Club (1014138)
Institutional history and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- The Open 154th Open final-round report The official final-round report names Ryan Fox Champion Golfer of the Year at The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale. The official Championship page www.theopen.com independently confirms the result, ordinal, and venue. The official event guide www.theopen.com explicitly states that Championship play began Thursday 16 July and concluded Sunday 19 July 2026.
- The Open: championship venues The official Open venue directory, historical guide, and named Course evidence bind this continuing venue identity. Historical routing and scoring conditions are not replaced by current scorecard values. Championship venue source: www.theopen.com; Club location source: www.theopen.com. The 2026 Royal Birkdale result is separately verified by the bound final-round report.
- The Open Records and Statistics The official Champion Golfers register directly enumerates this playing with ordinal, venue, and champion. Historical venue and champion spellings follow that register; any trailing parenthesized win count is occurrence metadata and is not part of the recorded winner name. The official Previous Opens decade record independently cross-checks the reviewed identity. Dates are null because the reviewed register does not state them, and no date was inferred.
- 2005 · The R&A: official Amateur championship results R&A official results book, 2005, PDF pages 321–324. Reported book dates retained in the source facts only until competitive-day boundaries are corroborated. This selected chronology is incomplete.
- 1989 · The R&A: official Amateur championship results R&A official results book, 1989, PDF pages 257–260. Reported book dates retained in the source facts only until competitive-day boundaries are corroborated. This selected chronology is incomplete.