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Howard Riefs

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ATTENDING / WATCHING

Spectator Information
http://www.theopen.com/en/Information/SpectatorAdvice.aspx

Transportation
http://www.theopen.com/en/Information/TravelToTheCourse.aspx

TV Schedule
http://www.theopen.com/en/Information/TV-schedule.aspx

Players
http://www.theopen.com/en/Players/PlayerProfiles.aspx#player=Phil+MICKELSON

Tee Times/Pairings
http://scores.theopen.com/en/TeeTimes.aspx

Royal Liverpool history
http://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com/Timeline/


COURSE TOURS

Royal Liverpool website
Hole Tour
http://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com/The+Links/
http://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com/Holes/759/Royal

TheOpen.com
Couse Map
http://www.theopen.com/en/TheCourse.aspx

GCA Profile by Ran
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/courses-by-country/england/royal-liverpool/
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,26522.0.html

Golfweek
Hole-by-hole review
By Brad Klein
http://golfweek.com/news/2014/jul/14/british-open-2014-royal-liverpool-hoylake-review/

Associated Press
British Open, Hole by Hole
http://www.bnd.com/2014/07/11/3298432/british-open-hole-by-hole.html

Eric Hepworth Golf Course Photography
Course Photos
http://athlonsports.com/golf/2014-british-open-hole-hole#1

Golf Monthly
Royal Liverpool – Hole by Hole Guide
Hole 1:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ACAi6w7220&index=1&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk
Hole 2:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj5pTAO_p8Q&index=2&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk
Hole 3:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t00bzhIjWY8&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk&index=3
Hole 4:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Ebl0yUYqc&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk&index=4
Hole 5:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jdi_wGd9JY&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk&index=5
Hole 6:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqib08BO3kY&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk&index=6:    
Hole 7:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGq9YM6tiU&index=7&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk
Hole 8:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Iz8kP8ahfU&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk&index=8
Hole 9:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ExhvCfgOBQ&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk&index=9
Hole 10:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkZWh3iVo18&index=10&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk
Hole 11:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpK5xbpm3Eo&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk&index=11
Hole 12:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN3ZS2G4tjI&index=12&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk    
Hole 13:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E136cYrpW_E&index=13&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk
Hole 14:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYKEiwOb7eI&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk&index=14
Hole 15:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZpxoEDD1AE&index=15&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk
Hole 16:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ1HfTAH-CU&index=16&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk
Hole 17:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl1xDK1CBfY&index=17&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk
Hole 18:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOv_RaiQgjI&list=PLl3504ZoW2FObJdbyBAPC1e5YMUbK2hyk&index=18

ESPN
Royal Liverpool Flyover
Hole Nos. 1-9:    http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11174264
Hole Nos. 10-18: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11174254

Golf Channel
Hole Flyovers
Holes 1 to 3:     http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-royal-liverpool-holes-1-3/
Holes 4 to 6:
Holes 7 to 9:     http://www.golfchannel.com/topics/events/british-open-championship.htm
Holes 10 to 12:   http://www.golfchannel.com/media/royal-liverpool-flyovers-hole-nos-10-12/
Holes 13 to 15:      http://www.golfchannel.com/media/royal-liverpool-flyovers-hole-nos-13-15/
Holes 16 to 18:      http://www.golfchannel.com/media/royal-liverpool-flyovers-hole-nos-16-18/



COURSE/TOURNAMENT PREVIEW

Golfweek
Expect Familiar Royal Liverpool for Open
http://golfweek.com/news/2014/apr/23/hoylake-royal-liverpool-british-open-2014-changes/?templates=mobile

Golf Digest
What You Need To Know About Royal Liverpool (Hint: Hoylake)
http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/british-open/2014-07/british-open-john-barton-on-hoylake

Associated Press
Old championship, old course and a new landscape at Hoylake
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/07/11/british-open-14-old-championship-old-course-and-new-landscape-at-hoylake/

Sky Sports
Open Championship: Sky Sports checks out Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake
http://www1.skysports.com/golf/the-open/story/14866/9365343/open-championship-sky-sports-checks-out-royal-liverpool-golf-club-in-hoylake

Irish Times
A hacker’s guide to Royal Liverpool
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/a-hacker-s-guide-to-royal-liverpool-1.1863608

CBS Sports
A brief history of Royal Liverpool Golf Club
http://www.cbssports.com/golf/eye-on-golf/24604234/a-brief-history-of-royal-liverpool-golf-club

Golf Digest
Photos: Royal Liverpool Golf Club
http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/2014-07/royal-liverpool-photos#slide=1

Toronto Sun
Hoylake Open for business
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/07/11/hoylake-open-for-buisness

Sky Sports
Sky Sports checks out Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake
http://www1.skysports.com/golf/news/14866/9365343/open-championship-sky-sports-checks-out-royal-liverpool-golf-club-in-hoylake

ESPN Magazine
Analyzing Royal Liverpool's par 5s
http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/11156507/breaking-royal-liverpool-par-5s-espn-magazine

Liverpool Echo
Royal Liverpool golf club - key holes to win The Open
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/golf/royal-liverpool-golf-club---7337480

ESPN.com
Take an early glimpse of Royal Liverpool
http://espn.go.com/golf/blog/_/name/golf/id/11186606/take-early-glimpse-royal-liverpool-ahead-open-championship-golf

Australian Golf Digest
The Open Championship and Tiger Woods return to Hoylake
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/golf/the-open-championship-and-tiger-woods-return-to-hoylake/story-fnii0h47-1226985835471?nk=a2af305f812f920e1960f0592420a574

Golfweek
Factory worker dares to dream, lands in Open
http://golfweek.com/news/2014/jul/06/british-open-qualify-factory-worker-john-singleton/

Liverpool Echo
Wirral factory worker secures place at The British Open with clubs he borrowed from mate
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wirral-factory-worker-secures-place-7362545

Golf Digest
The lone defect at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
By Geoff Shackelford
http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/07/royal-liverpools-lone-defect.html

Golf Digest
Some of the rough at Royal Liverpool is so high that you can literally hide in it
http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/07/some-of-the-rough-at-royal-liv.html

Golf Digest
9 slightly random things you can buy at the British Open
http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/07/9-slightly-random-things-you-c.html

Liverpool Echo
Tom Watson on his love for links and Royal Liverpool
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/golf/open-championship-hoylake-tom-watson-7422373

Liverpool Echo
Royal Liverpool captain ready to welcome world's golf stars
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/royal-liverpool-captain-ready-welcome-7415112

Liverpool Echo
Watch: Guide to the Open key holes
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/golf/watch-open-championship-key-holes-7419347

Golf Channel
Shackelford: Pros and cons of Royal Liverpool
http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-geoff-shackelford-royal-liverpool-course/

Golf Channel
McIlroy: Irons alone won't win this time at Hoylake
http://www.golfchannel.com/media/rory-mcilroy-says-cant-win-british-open-just-irons/

Golf Channel
Mickelson: 'Well-struck shots rewarded' at Hoylake
http://www.golfchannel.com/media/phil-mickelson-compares-royal-liverpool-british-open-rota/

Vancouver Sun
Five holes to watch in the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Five+holes+watch+2014+Open+Championship+Royal+Liverpool/10030062/story.html

Golfweek
Forget Bomber’s Heaven, Hoylake will Take Some Strategy
http://mobile.golfweek.com/news/2014/jul/16/british-open-2014-hoylake-preview-royal-liverpool/?templates=mobile

Golf Channel
Players must learn to love links golf ... even if it hurts
http://www.golfchannel.com/news/ryan-lavner/players-must-learn-love-links-golf-even-if-it-hurts/?cid=twitter-gc-a-learn-to-love-links-golf-071614
 
The Telegraph
The Open 2014: 10 things you did not know about Hoylake
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/theopen/10968850/The-Open-2014-10-things-you-did-not-know-about-Hoylake.html

The Telegraph
The Open 2014: 'Hoylake - there is no finer place to play golf'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/theopen/10970818/The-Open-2014-Hoylake-there-is-no-finer-place-to-play-golf.html

Liverpool Echo
Tom Watson on his love for links and Royal Liverpool
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/golf/open-championship-hoylake-tom-watson-7422373

New York Times
Once a British Open Fan From the Neighborhood, Now a Participant
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/sports/golf/british-open-2014-john-singleton-lives-his-fantasy-as-golfs-walter-mitty.html?_r=0
 
Golf Australia
Clayton: Adjusting to the links at Hoylake
By Mike Clayton
http://www.golf.org.au/newsdisplay/clayton-adjusting-to-the-links-at-hoylake/82706

New York Times
Dusting Off the 2-Iron and Bracing for the Links
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/sports/golf/british-open-2014-golfers-make-room-for-long-irons-at-royal-liverpool.html

New York Times
A New History in the Making for Hoylake
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/sports/golf/the-british-open-returns-to-royal-liverpool-golf-club.html

Golf Channel
Par 5s the key to success at Royal Liverpool
http://www.golfchannel.com/media/par-5s-important-royal-liverpool/

Golf Channel
Rare stakes: Hoylake's internal OB on 18th hole
http://www.golfchannel.com/media/royal-liverpools-internal-ob-no-18/

Mail Online
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose ready for Hoylake fireworks at The Open
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/golf/article-2695106/Tiger-Woods-Rory-McIlroy-Justin-Rose-ready-Hoylake-fireworks-The-Open.html#ixzz37jhQqD5A
 
Geoff Shackelford
Royal Liverpool: Flat, Tight, High Rough, OB And Pretty Neat
http://www.geoffshackelford.com/homepage/2014/7/15/royal-liverpool-flat-tight-high-rough-ob-and-pretty-neat.html


VIDEOS

Grandstand views at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW-UAYOaoxo

The build up to The Open Championship 2014 at Royal Liverpool, Hoylake

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTBYOsJw3VXP5tHwi3JCbNA

 
GCA THREADS

2014

Royal Liverpool Conditions
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,58929.0.html


2010

Open back to Hoylake in 2014 - do they need course revisions?
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,43234.0.html

Hoylake - A History of the Links by Anthony Shone
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,46468.0.html


2007

Hoylake 06 v Augusta 07: Is it all about where Tiger finishes?
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,28769.0.html


2006

Hoylake - July vs October contrast (pictures)
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,26038.0.html

Hoylake... A tutorial for architects ?
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,24754.0.html

Hoylake 1906
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,24678.0.html


2005

royal liverpool for 2006 open championship
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,19427.0.html


2004

Royal Liverpool's Comeback
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,14421.0.html


2003

Hoylake - worthy of its place on the rota?
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,1597.0.html


1999
Group analysis of Royal Liverpool? (Hoylake)
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,8453.0.html
« Last Edit: July 17, 2014, 10:43:02 AM by Howard Riefs »
"Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: Taking long walks and hitting things with a stick."  ~P.J. O'Rourke

Garland Bayley

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2006 Buda Cup photo album is obsolete and should be deleted as the website hosting the photos seems to be gone.
"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

Howard Riefs

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2006 Buda Cup photo album is obsolete and should be deleted as the website hosting the photos seems to be gone.


Ok. Deleted it. Thanks.

"Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: Taking long walks and hitting things with a stick."  ~P.J. O'Rourke

Howard Riefs

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Updated.  New items in red.

A couple standouts worth attention...

Golf Digest
The lone defect at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
By Geoff Shackelford
http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/07/royal-liverpools-lone-defect.html

Eric Hepworth Golf Course Photography
Course Photos
http://athlonsports.com/golf/2014-british-open-hole-hole#1

"Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: Taking long walks and hitting things with a stick."  ~P.J. O'Rourke

Howard Riefs

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Updated.  A few highlights...


The Telegraph
The Open 2014: 'Hoylake - there is no finer place to play golf'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/theopen/10970818/The-Open-2014-Hoylake-there-is-no-finer-place-to-play-golf.html

Liverpool Echo
Tom Watson on his love for links and Royal Liverpool
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/golf/open-championship-hoylake-tom-watson-7422373
"Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: Taking long walks and hitting things with a stick."  ~P.J. O'Rourke

Jason Topp

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Updated.  New items in red.

A couple standouts worth attention...

Eric Hepworth Golf Course Photography
Course Photos
http://athlonsports.com/golf/2014-british-open-hole-hole#1


This is one of the best set of golf course photos I have seen.  I wonder how he got those low level but elevated shots.

Howard Riefs

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This is one of the best set of golf course photos I have seen.  I wonder how he got those low level but elevated shots.


Indeed. Amazing photos.  He likely used a bucket truck/cherry picker similar to what the photographer had to photograph the restored Philly Cricket.


The club brought in Evan Schiller (www.golfshots.com) for some professional photos this past week. And went to great heights to get some cool perspectives:






Moving on to the next holes to shoot.




"Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: Taking long walks and hitting things with a stick."  ~P.J. O'Rourke

Howard Riefs

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Updated.  A very good read by Mike Clayton:


Golf Australia
Clayton: Adjusting to the links at Hoylake
http://www.golf.org.au/newsdisplay/clayton-adjusting-to-the-links-at-hoylake/82706
"Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: Taking long walks and hitting things with a stick."  ~P.J. O'Rourke

Jason Topp

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