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Weather could hold key to Royal Liverpool
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/07/2023
» The definitive book on Royal Liverpool, Hoylake is entitled Mighty Winds ... Mighty Champions, reflecting the essence of the course. If the winds blow with vigour this weekend at the 151st Open Championship the eventual winner will indeed be a mighty champion.
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When even penguins couldn't play at snowbound Stamford Bridge
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 23/01/2021
» The heavy state of the pitch at Elland Road for the match between hosts Leeds United and Brighton last Saturday prompted widespread criticism, much of it unwarranted considering the weather.
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Some people are not missing sport at all
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/03/2020
» Anyone reading these pages may well be suffering withdrawal symptoms of not being able to see live sport, or even read about it, because there simply isn't any.
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Not exactly a tunnel of love at Old Trafford
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 16/12/2017
» The fact that last Sunday's Manchester derby ended up in a "dust-up" in the tunnel should not come as a huge surprise given what was at stake. One team comes off the pitch at Old Trafford in an ecstatic mood, while the other is in a state of despair after being humbled at home by their bitter rivals. All you need is someone to light the fuse by saying something untoward and you've got an explosive situation.
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Birkdale a mixed bag of pleasure, pain
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/07/2017
» Regarded as one of the best golf courses in England, like most links layouts, the challenge of Royal Birkdale depends very much on the weather.
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Chambers Bay ‘a course with attitude’
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 27/06/2015
» It is probably fair to say that never has a championship golf course prompted quite so much controversy as the Chambers Bay layout which hosted the 115th US Open last week.
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Just keep an eye out for the seagulls
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/07/2015
» There has been little respite for the world’s top golfers. After their uncomfortable Chambers Bay experience last month, they now find themselves battling on the world’s most famous course, St Andrews.
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Fickle winds could decide Hoylake result
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 19/07/2014
» The definitive book on Royal Liverpool Golf Club, better known as Hoylake, is entitled Mighty Winds… Mighty Champions, reflecting the nature of the course. If the winds do really blow this weekend at the 143rd Open Championship the eventual winner will indeed be a mighty champion.
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All Lytham needs is a bit more wind
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 21/07/2012
» Any tournament golf course that opens with a par three deserves some sort of recognition. Add to that the minor matter of 206 bunkers, tight fairways and unforgiving rough and you can see why Royal Lytham & St Annes is an intriguing venue for the Open Championship.
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