SOUTHPORT
Royal Birkdale GC
- Editions hosted
- 1
- Majors
- 0
- Latest par
- 70
- Latest yardage
- 7,223
COURSE DNA
How this course plays
1 full-field editions (2026–2026), men’s cohort. Insufficient sample
Scoring difficulty+0.63field average strokes to par per roundn=1 · INSUFFICIENT
Scoring spread2.86standard deviation of round scoresn=1 · INSUFFICIENT
Under-par rounds37.4% of rounds under parn=1 · INSUFFICIENT
Winning score−10average winner total to parn=1 · INSUFFICIENT
Cut line—average 36-hole cut to parn=0 · INSUFFICIENT
Length7223yards (latest published setup)n=1 · SOURCED
HOLES
Hole by hole
2026 setup. Scoring column: hole-by-hole scorecards observed for this edition (sources: Wikipedia leaders cards and/or ESPN field cards).
| Hole | Par | Yards | Contenders’ avg to par | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 447 | +0.15 | 431 |
| 2 | 4 | 419 | -0.14 | 431 |
| 3 | 4 | 450 | +0.05 | 431 |
| 4 | 3 | 219 | +0.1 | 431 |
| 5 | 4 | 321 | -0.25 | 431 |
| 6 | 4 | 514 | +0.31 | 431 |
| 7 | 3 | 151 | +0.03 | 431 |
| 8 | 4 | 459 | +0.07 | 431 |
| 9 | 4 | 414 | -0.04 | 431 |
| 10 | 4 | 397 | -0.02 | 431 |
| 11 | 4 | 434 | +0.06 | 431 |
| 12 | 3 | 186 | +0.05 | 431 |
| 13 | 4 | 502 | +0.19 | 431 |
| 14 | 5 | 602 | -0.18 | 431 |
| 15 | 3 | 241 | +0.26 | 431 |
| 16 | 4 | 393 | +0.03 | 431 |
| 17 | 5 | 566 | -0.38 | 431 |
| 18 | 4 | 508 | +0.33 | 431 |
LAYOUT VERSIONS
Published championship setups
| Edition | Par | Yards | Hole table |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 The Open setup (ESPN) | 70 | 7,223 | 18 holes |
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Champions here
Identity and sources
Venue identity: Wikidata . Setups and results from edition articles on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Results, fields and course setups adapted from Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA 4.0; the redistributed results dataset is available under the same licence). Identities, championship editions and venues from Wikidata (CC0). Photographs from Wikimedia Commons with per-image credit. Sources & methodology