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Current Events

This weeks main event on the Men's Amateur Circuit in Europe is the 2009 Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England.  Historically a number of StrokeAverage.com client's already have their names firmly in the history of this great event.
 
The current record winning score at the Lytham Trophy is actually held by StrokeAverage.com client James Heath who shot 18 under par to beat fellow StrokeAverage.com client Ross Fisher by 10 shots in 2004.

A number of our golf clients that have previously competed at the Lytham Trophy have progressed onto the main European Tour as professional golfers.  Some have have managed to elevate themselves inside the Top 50 of the Official Men's World Rankings.

Event Summary

Lancashire’s James Robinson, a member of the England ‘A’ Squad, upstaged an international field to win the Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham and St Anne’s.

The 20 year old from Southport & Ainsdale, Lancashire carded a closing round of 70 for 287 to finish a shot ahead of Welshman Ben Westgate and three clear of four players including fellow Lancastrian Jack Senior and full international Dale Whitnell from Essex, the halfway leader.

Robinson’s win was his biggest to date but he arrived in Lytham in a rich vein of form having finished second in the Southport & Ainsdale Bowl and third in the Hampshire Hog. He is also the first Lancastrian to win the Lytham Trophy since Michael Walls in 1985.

Having finished ahead of several Walker Cup contenders, Robinson is not dismissing his own chances of making the line-up to face the United States at Merion in September. “That would be a dream come true but I realise I must take my form to the Amateur Championship at Formby next month to improve my chances,” he said.

Robinson, whose last noteworthy success was losing to eventual champion Danny Willett in the English Amateur Championship two years ago, held his nerve over the closing stretch in a tense finale. He crucially saved his par on the last hole after missing the green with his approach before pitching to six feet from the semi-rough.

His seven-over-par total was an indication of how tough the course played, last year's runner-up Whitnell missing the chance to force a playoff when he bogeyed two of the last three holes. 

This year's event was marred by the sad death of Walker Cup squad member Ben Enoch in a car crash whilst he was en-route to The Lytham Trophy. He was 19-years-old.

Enoch, the runner-up in the Welsh Amateur Championship and whose elder brother, Rhys, is in the squad to face America in September, was on his way from his Truro home to Lancashire when his Peugeot crashed into a trailer at Whitchurch, Herefordshire. 

Click here to see the final Lytham Trophy Results

Click here for results from Previous Lytham Trophies


Future & Past Events at Royal Lytham

This year's Ricoh Women's British Open is due to be played at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club on the 30th July to 2nd August.  Click here to find out further information on the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) Website for the Ricoh Women's British Open Championship.

The Open Championship for men will be played there next in 2012 and it has already hosted no fewer than 10 Open Championships the list of winners can be seen in the table below: 

It has also hosted two Ryder Cups (1961 and 1977)


Other Helpful Information

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