Le Goff got off to a slow start with an opening round 2-over 72 but he followed that up with rounds of 75-72-66 to finish 5-over and win by one shot over Tom Osbourne 17 and 18 to pull ahead of Osbourne.  The standout from France is having a stellar 2025. He won the 2025 Spanish International Amateur in early March and now the Lytham Trophy. He defeated Filippo Ponzano 5 and 3 in the final match of the Spanish International. He is currently ranked No. 128 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings. Osbourne finished in solo second place at 6-over and Max Hopkins all finished T3 at 8-over to round out the top five All players played 18 holes on Friday and Saturday and then the field was cut to the top 40 and ties and the remaining players played 36 holes on Sunday.  some of the senior Members of the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club felt a gap in the amateur golfing calendar and the need for a major 72-hole scratch competition The English Golf Union helped launch the event and select entrants and County Unions and various eminent players were approached for support and so was born the Lytham Trophy.It is held each year over the Bank Holiday Weekend at the beginning of May with one round on Friday and Saturday and the final two rounds for those who have made the cut on Sunday.Every winner takes away a replica of the handsome "Sputnick" trophy donated by Members' subscriptions All have been the highest quality international golfers and many have gone on to be successful Professionals.The entry is now of the highest caliber from all over the UK and Europe View full results for Lytham Trophy Home  |  Tournaments  |  Courses  |  Equipment  |  Players  |  Rankings  |  About Us  |  Contact This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Open Championship was last contested at Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club in 2012 Adam Scott looked to be on his way to victory - four shots clear with four holes to play But the Australian bogeyed each of those final four Ernie Els had birdied the last and snuck it by a shot It was the 11th Open Championship to be contested at Royal Lytham The first club professional George Lowe was responsible for the original layout in 1897 and the great Harry Colt then played a significant role in shaping the layout as it plays now - he was employed in 1919 More recently MacKenzie and Ebert have done work to make improvements to the course ranked 16th in our Top 100 UK&I course rankings in association with Peter Millar https://www.royallytham.org bookings@royallytham.org A tough strategic links test with a selection of highly memorable holes and a fine history There’s an interesting juxtaposition of nature and urbanity to be seen on the fairways Trouble lurks from start to finish but particularly on the exceptional front nine which features a run of superb – It's a superb test of mental and physical golfing prowess – Characterful and packed with history UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2025/26 - 16 A top-20 regular in our Top 100 golf courses UK&I rankings Royal Lytham is one of the country's most prestigious championship courses Although surrounded by urbanisation, and some distance from the sea, Lytham is a true links, famous for its punishing pot bunkers and magnetic swathes of gorse. It's one of the finest links courses in England Originally designed by the club’s first professional George Lowe the course has changed little since Harry Colt was employed to oversee alterations to the layout in 1919 although various respected architects have advised on subtle improvements The routing has stood the test of time and consistently been proved to deliver one of the finest tests of golf in the British Isles At 206 yards it’s an uncompromising beginning and the railway flanking the course provides a persistent threat 7th or 8th holes could end up bouncing around on the Fylde rail line The run for home is particularly challenging and, as Adam Scott found out to his cost in The Open Championship of 2012 respite until the final putt drops in front of the famous redbrick clubhouse Subscribe to the Golf Monthly newsletter to stay up to date with all the latest tour news head-to-heads and buyer’s guides from our team of experienced experts The course has witnessed many great golfing performances over the years – Bobby Jones’ first Open win in 1926 and Tony Jacklin’s victory in 1969 spring to mind But the professional with perhaps the greatest affinity for the Lancashire links was swashbuckling Spaniard Seve Ballesteros bunkers and car parks to secure his first Major title He returned nine years later and won again producing a closing course record 65 to beat Nick Price by two The great golf writer Bernard Darwin described Royal Lytham & St Annes as but a just beast.” His words may be over 80 years old but I think they hold very true I think Royal Lytham delivers as fair a test of golf as any course in our ranking That the course has hosted The Open on no fewer than 11 occasions is a testament to this excellent test of golf which was first laid out by the club’s original professional It also played host to the Ricoh Women’s British Open won by Georgia Hall Richard HealyGolf Monthly Top 100 PanellistA tight testing course with less bunkers apparently maintenance and presentation was fantastic tricky greens this is a traditional seaside course full of character Even the names on the card conjure thoughts of the past: holes like Sailor's Locker Granny Fisher's and Keepers Trap recall characters gone but not forgotten When playing a round at St Annes you feel you should put away the metal wood and reach for a hickory-shafted brassie instead The Dormy House at Royal Lytham and St Annes GC - Book via the Royal Lytham club websiteThe ultimate in convenience if you're playing at Royal Lytham and St Annes The Dormy House was built in 1911 and features 16 comfortable en-suite bedrooms The Grand Hotel Lytham St Annes - Book on the websiteWith an unrivalled position on the lively seafront and just moments from the both Lytham & St Annes town centres The Grand Hotel is perfectly located - It's only a short walk to Royal Lytham and St Annes GC golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin you will then be prompted to enter your display name TK Maxx Presents Lytham Festival announces more names heading to Lytham St Annes this summer – including their final headliner TK Maxx Presents Lytham Festival has revealed more huge names for its 2025 edition Stevie Wonder has been announced as the festival’s final headliner He joins previously announced headliners Kings of Leon Joining Kings of Leon on the festival’s opening night will be newly announced acts Manic Street Preachers and Jake Bugg Alanis Morissette will headline on Friday 4 July with other Friday performers currently announced to be Liz Phair ahead of Justin Timberlake taking the stage before dual headliners Simple Minds and Texas close the show the festival has announced performers Cast The Alarm and Pete Waterman – The Hitman DJ set Lytham Festival has evolved into a one-day picnic event to a five-day celebration of some of the world’s hottest musical talent This year’s festival will return to Lytham Green in Lytham St Find your tickets for Lytham Festival here Home » News » Lytham Festival reveals its 2025 line-up Contact us Things to do in London this week In the early part of World War II many local communities in the United Kingdom collected funds to purchase planes for the war effort The planes were called Presentation Aircraft a Submarine Spitfire with the designation W3644 A man with connections to the area piloted the Spitfire the aircraft and the pilot were lost in the English Channel just a few months later was looking through town hall records when he found a photograph of the community-funded Spitfire Coombes helped form a volunteer organization called the Lytham St Annes Spitfire Display Team The team collected funds for a memorial commemorating Royal Air Force personnel based in Blackpool and the Spitfire funded by Lytham St Annes locals the memorial was built in 2012 at Fairhaven Lake a recreational lake near the community’s shoreline Formally named the Lytham St Annes RAF Fighter the memorial consists of a full-scale replica of the Spitfire Lytham St Annes funded The plane is mounted several meters above the ground on a pole giving the appearance that the fighter is just about to fly over the lake Several plaques around the base of the memorial describe the history of the Royal Air Force in the area and the history of the aircraft The Spitfire Display Team also established the Spitfire Visitor Centre at the Blackpool Airport which had been a major Royal Air Force facility during World War II.  Both the center and the memorial at Fairhaven Lake serve as reminders of how the war was a major part of local history The Lytham St Annes Spitfire stands at the west end of Fairhaven Lake which lies halfway between the communities of Lytham and St Annes Visitors can take the train to Andsell & Fairhaven Station or take one of several buses from Blackpool.  There's also parking just west of the lake A unique World War II memorial commemorates where the American B-17 bomber Man-O-War crashed Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway A life-size replica of a Spitfire that sits in a quaint suburb This war memorial commemorates some of the world's first paratroopers Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism A solemn reminder of the infamous World War II war crime that massacred almost all the men in a small Greek town This former Soviet military base has over 10 original aircraft and an enormous amount of memorabilia on display A sober museum housed in the original administrative building of one of Stalin's largest gulags For best viewing experience of this website Please enter a place name in the search bar After provisionally the warmest May Day on record in the UK higher than average temperatures will subside over the weekend Environment Agency Updated: 12:09 (UTC+1) on Tue 6 May 2025 Fine and settled under the influence of high pressure Chilly but bright to start with plenty of sunny spells through the morning Turning cloudier from the east during the afternoon Rather cloudy into the evening but dry for most but not feeling as chilly as recent nights with most places remaining frost free Another widely dry and settled day with a few sunny spells breaking through largely cloudy skies and feeling warm with temperatures slightly above the early-May average The remainder of the week will see high pressure dominating It will stay dry with plenty of sunny spells Breezy at times but temperatures will be on the rise Dry across the vast majority of the UK with clear or sunny spells but also some patchy cloud Cloud will likely thicken across the far north and northwest during the weekend with some outbreaks of rain for a time There is also a small risk of some heavy showers in the far south or southwest high pressure will be dominant across the UK This will bring predominantly fine and dry weather for the majority of places Temperatures are likely to be slightly above normal for the time of year although there is a chance of some cold nights Fairly typical weather for the time of year is most likely through this period fine and dry weather is more likely to dominate although this will be interspersed with occasional spells of rain and showers with a risk of heavy rain and thunderstorms in places temperatures will most likely be near to or slightly above average – Fylde Gallery Opens at Lytham Hall Fylde Council is delighted to announce the opening of Fylde Gallery at Lytham Hall This exciting new venture celebrates the centenary of the Lytham St Annes Art Collection The sixteenth-century Long Gallery at Lytham Hall has undergone a significant £65,000 refurbishment to create a stunning new exhibition space This investment will ensure the collection is showcased to its full potential This special exhibition will celebrate the collection’s rich history featuring renowned artists such as Richard Ansdell and Charles Burton Barber Visitors will have the opportunity to explore a diverse range of artworks said: “We’re thrilled to open Fylde Gallery and share this incredible collection with the public and we believe it will attract visitors from far and wide as the ideal venue to display these works of art provides the perfect setting to appreciate the beauty and history of the Lytham St Annes Art Collection We invite everyone to come and experience it for themselves.” Fylde Gallery will be open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10am to 4pm from 31st January 2025. 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