Lytham

I went to an English/Scottish wedding this weekend in Lytham St Anne, Lancashire, England.

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Snow was forecast in Lytham St Anne but the sun shone though it was freeeeezing and there were lots of white horses on the sea.

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The rough at Lytham is up way up and although the fairways are generous, nothing can be wider than the double fairways corridors of St. Andrews.

USATODAY.com - Winds could carry Tiger another major title 2001

Watson said Royal Lytham is a difficult course, especially if the wind is blowing.

USATODAY.com - Watson hopes to feel like a kid again 2001

Woods, John Daly and Jack Nicklaus have all won there Lytham is all about accuracy.

USATODAY.com - Lytham's challenge: Bunker mentality 2001

For Woods, Lytham is merely a memory of when he first began to blossom.

USATODAY.com - Woods returns to where he learned to be a pro 2001

Lytham is a different test with its sharply bending fairways and 196 bunkers in the fairways and around the greens, ready to swallow up even the slightest mistakes.

USATODAY.com - Woods aiming to shed short-course-woes label 2001

Lytham & St. Annes in Lytham St. Annes, England (a-amateur):

USATODAY.com - Qualifying results 2001

Well, it's supposed to be a seaside course, although Royal Lytham is indeed a mile from the Irish Sea).

USATODAY.com - Tiger watch: Up-and-down round for Woods 2001

But, if the R&A look at it, we play at Royal Lytham, which is a smaller acreage than here, and hopefully they can reassess.

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