The Lancashire coast: Here on the dune-filled seashore of the “Red Rose” county, sometimes referred to as “England’s Golf Coast", you’ll find a links golf paradise. One of the world’s greatest stretches of “sand hills golf” awaits as you journey south from Royal Lytham & St Annes. You’ll need to skirt round the Ribble Estuary and then head down to Liverpool, stopping in at Royal Birkdale along the way.
If you overshoot the “Home of The Beatles” and end up crossing the Mersey to the Wirral peninsula, then no problem. You can add Royal Liverpool to your itinerary. If three Open Championship venues don’t satisfy your golfing appetite, then try any of the other excellent links golf courses that sit either side of the “Royal” triumvirate. Courses like Caldy, Fairhaven, Formby, Hesketh, Heswall, Hillside, Southport & Ainsdale, Wallasey and West Lancs will not disappoint. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Lancashire on our customised maps.
Visitors welcome
Manchester
Original course at Lostock Park was designed by architect R. Hermon Crook (1912), modified by Harry Colt (1920s).
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Manchester
Dr Alister MacKenzie designed the current layout in 1924.
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Liverpool
Original layout by James Braid with later revisions by John Morris, John Salvesen and Donald Steel
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Chester
Alan Higgins
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Chester
Jack Nicklaus & son Steve Nicklaus
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Manchester
James Braid
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Chester
Herbert Fowler
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Blackpool
James Braid and James A. 'Jim' Steer laid out the original course at this location in 1922/23. Later improvements were made by Steer in 1931 and Dave Thomas in 1977.
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Liverpool
Original design by Willie Park Jr. Changes made to holes 15 thru' 18 by James Braid (1922). Further modifications made by Harry Colt (1920s), and by Donald Steel (1984).
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Liverpool
Alex Higgins
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Liverpool
Original nine-hole design by Formby GC club professional William McEwan. Extension to 18 holes by Douglas McEwan (1907), and later improvements made by Harry Colt (late-1920s).
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Blackpool
Peter Alliss & Clive Clark
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Liverpool
J.F. Morris
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Liverpool
Unknown
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Liverpool
Frederick W. "Fred" Hawtree designed the current layout which dates from the 1960s.
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Blackpool
Original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie and laid out by Sandy Herd. Significant changes made by James A. (Jim) Steer (1940s).
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Manchester
Harry Colt
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Manchester
Dave Thomas
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Manchester
George Lowe designed the original 9-holes; extended by Sandy Herd in 1909.
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Chester
Donald Steel
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Chester
Tim Rouse
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Manchester
Harry Colt
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Manchester
Dr Alister MacKenzie
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Liverpool
Original design by George Lowe (1889). Major revisions by Frederick G. "Fred" Hawtree & J.H. Taylor (1931). Subsequent modifications by Hawtree's son, Frederick W. "Fred" Hawtree (1960s), and by his son Martin G. Hawtree (1993).
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Liverpool
Original design by Robert Chambers & George Morris; recent modifications by Donald Steel.
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Blackpool
Original layout by George Lowe (1897). Modifications made by Harry Colt (1919).
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Chester
Originally designed by Ted Ray (1920). Later improvements made by Harry Colt (1925). The existing 2nd, 3rd and 4th holes were designed by Frederick W. "Fred" Hawtree (1955) when the original 2nd and 3rd were lost to a road widening project.
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Liverpool
James Braid and James A. (Jim) Steer.
Not Saturdays
Blackpool
George Lowe designed the front-nine; course was completed by Sandy Herd.
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Manchester
Original design by Alex "Sandy" Herd; later extensive renovation and improvements by Harry Colt (1918).
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Manchester
Patrick Dawson & Dave Thomas
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Liverpool
Original layout designed by Old Tom Morris. Further improvements made by James Braid, J.H. Taylor and Frederick G. (Fred) Hawtree.
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Liverpool
Original 18-hole layout designed by Kirkwood, Medrington & Hassell (1931); several layout changes made since then.
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Liverpool
Original design by Willie Park Jr. Present day course designed by C.K. (Ken) Cotton (1960).
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Manchester
Many have contributed to the current design of the course, including Sandy Herd, James Braid, Tom Simpson & George Duncan.
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Manchester
European Golf Design (Ross McMurray & Michael King)
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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