Royal Birkdale GC: PGA Tour course profile
Royal Birkdale GC in Southport, England (par 70, 7,156 yards) hosted 2 PGA Tour tournaments in StatsNext’s records (2017 to 2026): The Open Championship. Latest winner: Ryan Fox at -10 in The Open Championship 2026.
What statistics matter most at Royal Birkdale GC?
Royal Birkdale GC has too little strokes-gained history to rank the categories (0 editions with strokes gained). Tour-wide, approach accounts for the largest share of the spread in total strokes gained (35%, 30,631 golfer-weeks, Jul 16, 2018 to Jul 15, 2026).
No earlier edition with strokes gained is stored for this course, so the course-specific order is uncertain. The weights shown are tour-wide: Approach explains 35% of the spread in total strokes gained across 30,631 golfer-weeks.
Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through July 15, 2026. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.
What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.
The course
| Par | Yardage |
|---|---|
| 70 | 7,156 |
The listed card: 4 par 3s (average 199 yards), 12 par 4s (average 438 yards), 2 par 5s (average 584 yards).
How it played
| Tournament | Field average to par per round | Winning score |
|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship 2026 | +0.66 | -10 |
| The Open Championship 2017 | +1.24 | -12 |
Field average to par per round over the rounds of each edition, from the stored round scores. Setup, weather and the field differ from year to year.
Past winners and results
| Dates | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | The Open Championship | Ryan Fox | -10 (270) | 156 |
| Jul 20, 2017 | The Open Championship | Jordan Spieth | -12 (268) | 151 |
Best records at Royal Birkdale GC
| Golfer | Starts | Wins | Top 10s | Best finish | Cuts made | Strokes per round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Fox | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 69.33 |
| Jordan Spieth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 69.67 |
| Haotong Li | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3rd | 1 | 69.83 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 69.25 |
| Rory McIlroy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 69.25 |
| Si Woo Kim | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 70.00 |
| Alex Noren | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6th | 2 | 69.13 |
| Brooks Koepka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6th | 2 | 69.25 |
| Matthew Southgate | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6th | 2 | 69.50 |
| Russell Henley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9th | 2 | 69.63 |
| Adam Scott | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9th | 2 | 69.38 |
From the 2 stored leaderboards on this course. Course history describes the past; it is not a forecast.
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