Royal Birkdale pictures

Number five in Golf Monthly's Top 100 courses and host to 9 Open Championships, Royal Birkdale is part of the golf coast, a run of top quality links courses that run along the north west coast of England. Royal Birkdale has also hosted Walker, Ryder and Curtis Cup matches.

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