"ROYAL LIVERPOOL TO HOST 2019 WALKER CUP"
/I know I said this when Lytham was selected for 2015, but with all the great links that can't host big events any longer, why take the Walker Cup to Open Championship venues?
ROYAL LIVERPOOL TO HOST 2019 WALKER CUP
14 May 2013, St Andrews, Scotland: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake has been named as the venue for the 2019 Walker Cup match.
The 47th biennial match between the amateurs of Great Britain and Ireland and the USA will be played in September 2019 at Royal Liverpool as the Club celebrates the 150th anniversary of its foundation.
Hoylake was the venue for a match between the USA and Great Britain in 1921 and the following year the first official Walker Cup match was played at the National Golf Links of America in Southampton, New York.
The prestigious team event was held at Hoylake in 1983 when the USA side, led by captain Jay Sigel, overcame Charlie Green’s GB&I team with a 13 ½ - 10 ½ victory.
The Open Championship will return to Hoylake for the 12th time next year. In 2012 the club hosted the Ricoh Women’s British Open and it is no stranger to top class amateur events having hosted The Amateur Championship on 18 occasions and the Curtis Cup in 1992.
