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Customer support ranks highly at the home of golf , with the personal touch ranking as highly as the ability to provide solutions for Head of Maintenance Lani Togi .
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Being England ’ s second oldest seaside links comes with a lot of history . Royal Liverpool was the second English course to host the Open Championship in 1897 and hosted the prestigious competition a further nine times before a 39-year gap between 1967 and 2006 when Tiger Woods won the tournament before Rory McIlroy won his first eight years later in 2014 .
The club has far from stood still since then , with their new 17th hole aiming to make a name for itself among golfs standout par-3s . Using the Dee Estuary as a backdrop , the well-guarded elevated green could well be a decision maker on who lifts the Claret Jug along with the redesigned over 600-yard par-5 18th .
OPEN QUALITY Royal Liverpool is the second successive Open host to use Foley , following St Andrews , who used the American-made machines during the 150th Open .
Customer support ranks highly at the home of golf , with the personal touch ranking as highly as the ability to provide solutions for Head of Maintenance Lani Togi .
“ When it comes to buying machines , it ’ s not always about the cost of the item ; it ’ s the personal side of things as well ,” he said . “ You buy from people , and we ’ ve worked with Ian for many years , and we know we can rely on his backup service .
“ One of the biggest things that ’ s helped us get the results is the Borazon stone we have for the 673 bottom blade grinder . The new Toro E-Reels use a tungsten mixture that makes them very hard , and that stone really cuts it in well . That saves us a lot of problems because previously we would have had to sharpen them again , but now we get it done the first time around .”
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