Come Rain or Shine - The Open Returns to Royal Birkdale

摘要

Is it really 10 years ago since Mark O'Meara battled through the weather and a play-off to win with a score of par on the windswept Southport Links? It is indeed the case, so the return to Royal Birkdale on the Sefton coast in July is anticipated withrelish. However, how many of the general public realise that the planning process to prepare the course for 2008 started as the grandstands were being taken down in 1998?