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Royal Birkdale will host The Open for the tenth time in 2017. Irelandâs Padraig Harrington won by four shots from Ian Poulter the last time the Championship was played there in 2008.
Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in the town of Southport, England, and is one of the clubs in the Open Championship rotation for both men and women. It has hosted the men's championship nine times, first in 1954 and most recently in July 2008. It is scheduled to host the 2017 Open Championship. Previous winners of the Open at Royal Birkdale are PÃ¡draig Harrington, Mark O'Meara, Ian Baker-Finch, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer and Peter Thomson (twice).