Past Ryder Cup home venues

Some former hosts of golf's greatest team event are perhaps slightly surprising...

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Royal Lytham and St Annes

GF: 18 holes: £280-£460

England's renowned golfing coast in the northwest had a strong, formative role to play in the earliest Ryder Cups, with Lytham then hosting the match for the first time in mid-October 1961. The format that year was four foursomes morning and afternoon on day one, and eight singles both morning and afternoon on day two; a gruelling schedule over such a tough and strategic test of golf. Arnold Palmer made his debut and was leading points scorer as the visitors won 14.5-9.5. They won again when it returned in 1977, this time with a young Tom Watson making his debut. Despite its slightly more enclosed nature with the railway bordering several holes, it is a classic links that has hosted The Open Championship 11 times.

Muirfield

GF: 18 holes: £150-£365