Completely
sealed in on all sides, this traditional straight out and back
links has held up to all improvements and technological wizadry
with ease. This Championship jewel is over 100 years old and
only relents a score to the very best. Past Open winners such
as Ballesteros, Bobby Jones, Gary Player and more recently Tom
Lehman and David Duval.
Unusually
Lytham opens with a Par 3 and the immediate holes that follow
have a railway out of bounds running all along the right side.
So from the outset i's all guns blazing, it will not allow you
to relax into a round. The usual mixture of 6 hard, 6 medium
and 6 soft holes does not appear to be evident. What you get
is one of the largest collections of tough bunkering, natural
dunes, often howling winds to keep you honest resulting in a
historical golfing walk that’s best summed up as one of
the most unique links experiences available.
N0.
22 in the Golf World 2002 Top 100 Courses in the UK & Ireland
