History
Hoylake has a long and distinguished history of golfing firsts. It was originator and host to the inaugural men’s amateur championship in 1885, which became The Amateur Championship. It was host to the first ever international match between Scotland & England in 1902. It hosted the first Home International matches, and the first transatlantic contest between GB&I and the USA in 1921, an event which became the Walker Cup the following year. In fact, it is Royal Liverpool Golf Club's contribution to the amateur game that has set it apart from all other clubs in England. Although, at the end of the nineteenth century, it was the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews that took on the role of the governing body in golf as the game developed, it was at Hoylake that the rules of amateur status were laid down. The Open at Hoylake was also the scene of the second leg of Bobby Jones' historic Grand Slam in 1930. A young John Lennon walked across the course to visit his girlfriend and future wife, Cynthia Powell, who lived in Hoylake.
Although the course had its own railway station at one point, it would unfortunately be closed, never to be reopened
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