PUBLISHED : 22 Jul 2023 at 04:00
The definitive book on Royal Liverpool, Hoylake is entitled Mighty Winds … Mighty Champions, reflecting the essence of the course. If the winds blow with vigour this weekend at the 151st Open Championship the eventual winner will indeed be a mighty champion.
Like so many links courses Royal Liverpool can be quite benign when the wind is fairly gentle. But the pot bunkers, deep rough and tricky greens can still take their toll as many players discovered in the opening round on Thursday.
The bunkers proved particularly tricky and were chiefly responsible for keeping the scores down. You could only feel for one of the victims, Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho who shot a 10 at the 18th after struggling to get out…
