Venue: Royal Lytham & St Annes
Date: tbc 2012
Destination: Lytham St Annes
England's Golf Coast will again play host to the most prestigious golf tournament in the world when the Open Championship returns to Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in July 2012.
Formed in 1886, the club has staged ten Open Championships, two Ryder Cups, the Curtis Cup, three Women's British Opens and two Ladies' Amateur Championships, including the inaugural event in 1893.
Lytham was awarded its first Open in 1926, when Bobby Jones emerged victorious, with subsequent wins being acieved by Bobby Locke (1952), Peter Thompson (1958), Bob Charles (1963), Tony Jacklin (1969), Gary Player (1974), Seve Ballesteros (1979 and 1988), Tom Lehman (1996) and David Duval (2001).
Of those, Ballesteros' triumph in '88 was arguably the most thrilling but the most significant was definately Jacklin's victory in '69, ending, as it did, a run of 18 years without a British win.
For more information on Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club visit - www.royallytham.org
For more information on the Open Championship visit - www.opengolf.com.
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