Golf Courses - NW England

First established in 1889, the Royal Birkdale Golf Club moved to the magnificent sandhills of Southport five years later where its George Low designed links managed to exist in relative obscurity f...

‘Hoylake, blown upon by mighty winds, breeder of mighty champions.’ Bernard Darwin

Located on a triangle of linksland in the small town of Hoylake, the Royal Liverpool Golf Club owns the seco...

A much respected championship venue, the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club was formed in 1886 when a Scottish schoolmaster, who had relocated to golf deprived North Lancashire, managed to convince ...

The Silloth on Solway golf course is located in sandhills just outside the Cumbrian coastal town of Silloth and is blessed with views across the Solway Firth to Scotland. One of the most original t...

In Volume 1 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak writes that.

“Formby is a distinguished layout with an interesting variety of terrain – railside, heathland, pine tree, and t...

The Hillside Golf Club was formed in 1911, though its current course only dates back to the 1960’s when Fred Hawtree built nine new holes among giant sandhills acquired adjacent to the Royal Birkda...

From the club's web site.

Founded in 1873, West Lancashire is the oldest golf club surviving in the county of Lancashire and is among the ten oldest golf clubs in England.

The club ...

In Volume 1 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak writes that.

“The course lies just across the railway line from Hillside, but with its clubhouse at the opposite end, it has ...

Wallasey was founded in 1891 by members from nearby Hoylake, perhaps because their links was becoming crowded or maybe because Wallasey was more convenient for the many Liverpool businessmen wantin...

Founded in 1910 and designed by the distinguished architect Herbert Fowler, Delamere Forest Golf Club is widely regarded as one of the finest traditional heathland golf courses in England. The club...