Hoylake awaits the county’s best players

Winning a County Championship is something very special. Even more special is winning at the historic Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake.

This year will be the 98th staging of the County Championship. Royal Liverpool have hosted it on 12 occasions and these have produced some notable winners:

     

      • 2015 – Heggarty, T

      • 2005 – Horsey, D

      • 1994 – Hodgson, JS

      • 1985 – Briggs, NW

      • 1976 – Biggs, RA

      • 1969 – Jones, DP

      • 1965 – Pearson, MJ

      • 1959 – Jones, JT

      • 1952 – Shone, DHL

      • 1948 – Timmis, CW

      • 1946 – Timmis, CW

      • 1926 – Sutton, W

    Five of the winners are from the host club: Heggarty, Biggs, Pearson, Shone and Timmis (twice). The most recent winner, Tom Heggarty, fully utilised his local knowledge, being not only an RLGC member but also the son of the then head professional John Heggarty.

    Below is a gallery of some of the above past winners at Hoylake:

    You can see profiles of several of these past winners in the county archive: https://cheshire-golf100.org.uk/players.php

    We will have a full field of 102 players this year and they will tackle the course from the Open Championship tees in what will be a very stern test indeed. If you wish to see the county’s best, then you’ll be more than welcome on June 20th, 21st and 22nd.

    Who will be holding the coveted trophy in 2024?

    Share This Post

    More To Explore

    Cheshire U14 team – Super finish to a wonderful season

    Cheshire U14 team have enjoyed a busy and successful season and gained experience playing a range of different courses. They completed their season in style playing Caernarvon boys at the Conway Golf Club, the host too many top events over the years. Team manager Graham McCormack outlined their progress over

    Read More »

    Thrilling finish in superb Cheshire Ladies Team Finals

    Over the past six months hundreds of ladies, of all ages and abilities have enjoyed representing their club teams in the East and West Cheshire League competitions. Their aim has been to reach the finals of the Cheshire Ladies Team Championships where the winners from East and West Cheshire meet

    Read More »

    Seniors Lose out in County Finals on Countback

    Seeking our first win in the Senior Men’s County Finals since 2008, we went into the third and final day at Harrogate having lost one game and won one. This also applied to Lincolnshire, Sussex and Cornwall, so all four teams were in with a shout of winning the title.

    Read More »

    Super-Seniors Autumn Gathering at Wilmslow

    Cheshire’s Super-Senior men are our over 65s who play friendly fixtures against counties in the north each year. Eight squad players appreciated a Wilmslow course in superb condition for an end-of-season meet up, noteworthy after the rain and high winds of the previous week. Originally a dozen players signed up

    Read More »

    Golfaholic Tony takes over at Stockport.

    Tony Gregory is a self confessed ‘Golfaholic’ and is looking forward to a great year ahead as Captain of his beloved club Stockport GC where he has been a member for 22 years. As well as playing Tony has a wide experience in golf administration and top golf roles over

    Read More »