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West Lancashire Golf Club
Hall Road West, Blundellsands, Liverpool, L23 8SZ
Voted No. 82 in the Golf Monthly/HSBC
Top 120 UK Course Rankings - November 2006
Founded in 1873, West Lancashire is the oldest surviving club in Lancashire. The course was originally designed by the hands of an unknown architect, but this is such a natural links that Mother Nature did most of the work. Ken Cotton and Fred Hawtree made significant revisions to the layout in the early 1960s.
West Lancashire has been a Final Qualifying course for The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and in 2006 will be so again when the best players in the world compete at Hoylake.
Donald Steel wrote after several visits in the 1990s - 'Only in Britain can one sample the true flavour of seaside golf of which West Lancashire is a perfect example. Within the framework of the coastal dunes and the railway, a glorious balance unfurls. There are humps and hollows, greens on plateaux and greens in dells, contrast and comparative shelter in the inland holes and everywhere a sea of rough sandy wilderness to punish the wrongdoer. On summer evenings, as the sun casts its shadows on the links, the shipping slips quietly by on the Mersey and there is time to reflect the distant beauty, the realisation occurs that the West Lancashire enjoys the best of all worlds.'
Its esteemed Royal neighbours keep West Lancs out of the limelight but it is a truly classical links course, located on a charming stretch of prime links land. On a clear day, to the north, Blackpool Tower can be seen in the distance. To the southwest, there are panoramic views across the Crosby Channel to the Birkenhead peninsula and Liverpool Bay beyond.
No. of holes: 18
Length: 6772 yards
Par: 72
Course Type: Links
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