The 2008 Open Golf Championship
will be played over Royal Birkdale Golf Course frm the 17th -
20th July.
The course is at the
southern edge of Southport, England. Royal Birkdale has hosted
the Open eight times since it was added to the list of championship
courses in 1954. It was that year that Peter Thomson won his first
of three Opens in succession, returning is 1965 to add his fifth
and final title. Arnold Palmer's victory in 1961 is recognised
as the turning point in the fortunes of the Open, giving new life
and international impact to the Championship. Royal Birkdale Golf
Club has occupied its present site since 1897, nine years after
the club was founded. The basis of today's design, with fairways
snaking between huge sand dunes, was created in the 1920's. In
preparation for the 1965 Open and Ryder Cup the clubhouse was
extended, a new par three 12th hole created and the closing holes
re-developed. The course was also the scene of the dramatic halved
ryder Cup encounter in 1969.
For our 2008 British Open tour, Golf
Scotland has secured rooms at The fabulous 4 Star Carnoustie
Hotel and one of Blackpools finest hotels,
The
Blackpool Hilton, situated only 50 minutes from Royal
Birkdale.
Our package includes
full Scottish/English breakfast each morning, all transfers throughout
between hotels and golf, tickets to the final two days of the
Open Championship, and 2 rounds of championship golf over Carnoustie
& Gleneagles.
