The historic Royal Liverpool golf course, where Bobby Jones, Tiger Woods, and Rory McIlroy have won the British Open, was evacuated on Friday after what appeared to be a World War II bomb was found on the course. During routine drainage work, a suspected unexploded ordnance was discovered, prompting the Merseyside Police and an army bomb disposal team to respond to the venue for the 2023 Open.
The course was evacuated, although the clubhouse, located a safe distance from where the device was found, remained open while a controlled explosion was carried out.
Police confirmed the discovery but did not provide further details. According to the Royal Liverpool secretary, speaking to the website liverpoolecho.co.uk, the projectile is believed to have fallen during World War II: Its quite deep, about four or five feet (1.2 to 1.5 meters) below the playing surface, and its assumed to be from the wartime period. So weve evacuated the golf course and called in the police and the bomb squad to have a look.
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Royal Liverpool is an iconic course, and among its most famous editions was Tiger Woods two-stroke victory over Chris DiMarco in 2006, while eight years later, Rory McIlroy lifted the Claret Jug after beating Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia by two strokes. The Open Championship returned there in 2023, with Brian Harman emerging victorious.
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