Golfing holidays and golf breaks in England.
St Annes Old Links Golf Club
Highbury Road East, St Anne's On Sea, Lancashire, FY8 2LD
Founded in 1901, the stunning Championship links course that lurks behind the doors of St. Anne's Old Links Golf Club is a fantastic and famed venue where you can enjoy a fantastic, challenging and unique golfing experience. A testament to its brilliance is its ability to hold its own in a region which boasts Open Championship venues including Royal Birkdale and Royal Lytham St. Anne's.
The general pure links character of the Course has changed little over the years although building development is now surrounding most of the perimeter. Every hole has individual characteristics of which the 9th, par three 171 yards is, perhaps the best known. Bobby Jones, when playing here during the 1926 Open, was so impressed that according to reports of the day, took detailed measurements in order to reproduce a hole of similar nature in America and perhaps at Augusta National there is a hole which owes something in character to the 9th at St.Annes Old Links.
Visitors will notice the hole names on their card even before commencement of play. The names, some quaint, others descriptive, all have a close relationship either with the history of the course, or the hole itself and some - Tower, Fair, Canon come from the very start of golf. Others go back to the earliest recorded history of the region when the Culdee Monks, whose Monastery was established here in 661 which legend has, was destroyed in the ninth century on an Easter Sunday by a great inroad of the sea.
The history of the locality and the history of the game of golf itself is closely entwined and for the many who come from far afield to play, The St Annes Old Links Golf Club during its 100 plus years of existence has always provided its guests with a warm and hearty welcome.
NB. All players should be members of recognised Golf Clubs or Registered Societies and possess a valid handicap. The Club reserves the right to see handicap certificates on demand.
No. of holes: 18
Length: 6684 yards
Par: 72
Course Type: Links
To take your golf break a stage further, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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