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Hoylake Golf Open championship returns to Hoylake Royal Liverpool in 2014

Hoylake The Open Championship will once again return to Royal Liverpool in 2014, the Royal and Ancient has announced.

“We are delighted that The Open is returning to Royal Liverpool after a relatively short period of time,” said David Hill, the R&A’s Director of Championships.

“In 2006, Hoylake showcased links golf at its best and players, spectators and officials were united in their praise for the course, and for the venue as a whole.

“We would like to thank the Club’s officials for their unfailing co-operation, which has enabled the Championship to come back to Royal Liverpool a club whose history is interwoven with both The Open and The R&A.”

Hoylake town grew up in the nineteenth century as a fishing village, though with the silting up of the Dee estuary little fishing is carried out today. However, the town still supports a permanent lifeboat station and a sailing club. The town is a largely residential area and there is an active nightlife in the centre.

Hoylake had its own Urban District Council and Mayor, until 1974 when it was absorbed into the new Wirral Metropolitan Borough, when Merseyside County was newly created. At that point, Hoylake ceased to be in Cheshire, and became part of the new Merseyside. This did not please some Wirral residents who have since campaigned unsuccessfully for a return to Cheshire.

The former actress and Labour MP Glenda Jackson and the James Bond actor Daniel Craig grew up in the town. John Lennon's first wife Cynthia lived in Hoylake for many years. Julian Lennon grew up here. James Skelly, Ian Skelly, Bill Ryder-Jones, Nick Power, Lee Southall, Paul Duffy, and John Duffy, otherwise known as the band The Coral, grew up here as well.