Hoylake, England | My ball was lying near the middle of Royal Liverpool’s 14th fairway, glistening in the spring sunshine as a white snooker ball does on a base green. He was just as far off the flag as Tiger Woods was on the same hole during his second round of the 2006 Open Championship.
You wouldn’t be surprised at the difference between Woods’ approach to the green 17 years ago and mine when I played the course, also known as Hoylake, earlier this year. his ball took two hops and disappeared into the hole for an eagle; I did not. Hit with 4 irons, Woods’ was the high point of the 7-U-65’s tour which was described in The Times of London the next morning as one of the most remarkable displays of a medium and long iron play. I saw him 50 years ago.
It was during the eleventh and penultimate day of the opening to be held there. The most recent was in 2014 when Rory McIlroy won. Now we turn our attention again to the famous Merseyside Course, with its rich history of golf and the interesting practice of naming all its holes, because the Merseyside Course…