With the Open returning to the Lancashire coast for the first time since 2008 when Royal Birkdale hosted the championship, Alex Jenkins and Mark Alexander highlight the best of the island's other golfing regions.
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Written by Alex Jenkins and Mark Alexander
Photography by David Cannon
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WHERE IS IT?
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