The Open Championship Chronicles and Beyond Part 2 – Royal Birkdale, West Lancashire, Southport and Ainsdale, Wallasey, and Hillside [Editor’s Note: Our Indomitable Sportsman Jay Flemma continues his adventures along England’s fabled Golf Coast. Enchanting and spellbinding, the northwest England is home to one stunning links after another, heathland or coastal, or...
This was the old major championship preview I did for PGA.com back in 2008. From the article: Indeed, all Merseyside rocks every 10 years or so, as though the Beatles have returned to prominence, every time professional golfers return to Birkdale. The patrons are duly rewarded for their fervor with outstanding views of the golf: Birkdale was a stadium golf course...