Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course five times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and four times since.

Lytham & St Annes Golf Club was founded in 1886 and the present course constructed in 1897. The club was bestowed with its "Royal" title by George V shortly before it hosted its first Open Championship in 1926. The clubhouse celebrated its centenary in 1998. It is one of the premier links courses in the world, host to eleven Open Championships, two Ryder Cups and numerous other major tournaments including the Women's and Seniors Open Championships.

There are 167 bunkers on the course lining the fairways and surrounding the greens. It is a challenging course which demands shot accuracy from its players.

The Open Championship has been held eleven times at Royal Lytham & St. Annes:

Year	Winner	Score					Winner's share (£)
		R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1926	Bobby Jones (a)	72	72	73	74	291	Am (75)
1952	Bobby Locke	69	71	74	73	287 (−1)	300
1958	Peter Thomson	66	72	67	73	278 (−6)	1,000
1963	Bob Charles	68	72	66	71	277 (−7)	1,500
1969	Tony Jacklin	68	70	70	72	280 (−4)	4,250
1974	Gary Player	69	68	75	70	282 (−2)	5,500
1979	Seve Ballesteros	73	65	75	70	283 (−1)	15,000
1988	Seve Ballesteros	67	71	70	65	273 (−11)	80,000
1996	Tom Lehman	67	67	64	73	271 (−13)	200,000
2001	David Duval	69	73	65	67	274 (−10)	600,000
2012	Ernie Els	67	70	68	68	273 (–7)	900,000

• Note: For multiple winners of The Open Championship, superscript ordinal identifies which in their respective careers.

(a) denotes amateur

The Women's British Open has been held five times at Royal Lytham & St. Annes:

Year	Winner	Score	Winner's share (US$)
1998	Sherri Steinhauer	292 (+4)	98,162
2003	Annika Sörenstam	278 (−10)	254,880
2006	Sherri Steinhauer	281 (−7)	305,440
2009	Catriona Matthew	285 (−3)	335,000
2018	Georgia Hall	271 (−17)	490,000

Notes

• For multiple winners of the Women's British Open, superscript ordinal identifies which in their respective careers.
• Years in bold signify editions that were recognised as major championships by the LPGA (2001-present).
  Since its inception in 1979, the Women's British Open has always been a major on the Ladies European Tour.

Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club

Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
2012 Open	Championship	205	481	478	392	219	492	592	416	165	3440	387	598	198	355	444	462	336	453	413	3646	7086
Blue	M:76.5 / 152	206	481	477	391	218	494	589	417	164	3437	385	601	196	357	443	464	358	467	410	3681	7118
Par	Championship	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	34	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	36	70
Red	M:74.3 / 147	198	424	457	381	188	494	569	396	156	3263	334	540	187	340	436	455	351	432	393	3468	6731
Green	M:72.5 / 139	174	399	432	371	170	474	539	389	144	3092	320	465	157	324	429	446	343	413	371	3268	6360
Par	Men's	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	36	71
Orange	W:76.4 / 148	169	375	418	357	147	408	512	311	137	2834	307	391	151	275	418	432	333	404	309	3020	5854
Par	Women's	3	4	4	5	3	5	5	4	3	36	4	5	3	4	5	5	4	5	4	39	75

• The 6th hole was a par 5 in previous Opens (1969-2001)

Lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):

2012: 7,086 yards (6,479 m), par 70 2001: 6,905 yards (6,314 m), par 71 1996: 6,892 yards (6,302 m), par 71 1988: 6,857 yards (6,270 m), par 71 1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m), par 71

1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m), par 71 1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m), par 71 1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m), par 70 1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m) 1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m)

• List of golf clubs granted Royal status

• Official website