Lancashire occupies a unique position in English golf, offering a remarkable breadth of golfing experiences — from a world-class championship links coast to moorland, heathland, and parkland courses that speak to the county's rich industrial and rural heritage. At the pinnacle sits Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, the most northerly of England's championship links and one of the most storied venues in the history of the Open Championship.
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Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club is the most northerly of the English championship links courses, situated only 10 miles from Royal Birkdale.
Bobby Jones loved ("Cannon") the par three 9th hole at St Annes Old Links Golf Club so much that he took detailed measurements and perhaps reproduced some aspects at Augusta.
Fairhaven Golf Club is a tough inland links course, formerly used as an Open Championship Qualifier when the Open was held at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
Pleasington Golf Club is without doubt one of the best tests of golf in the North-West of England. Part heathland in character with a supreme layout of holes.
The course at Ormskirk Golf Club has changed substantially since it was first laid out in 1903 and it’s now a stiff golfing test that plays to every inch of its 6,533-yard length.
Undeniably, Clitheroe Golf Club is one of the best inland courses in Lancashire and there are some fine holes to be played here.
Fleetwood Golf Club moved to its present location on the Fylde Coast in 1932 when local professional James Steer was enlisted to lay out 18 holes on a wonderful stretch of linksland.
Bolton Old Links Golf Club is laid out in two loops of returning nines with the inward half routed around the outside of holes 1 to 9...
The North Region of the PGA was based at Bolton Golf Club before relocating to Pleasington, so it’s no surprise to learn that the challenging Lostock Park course is a regular venue for county and other prestigious fixtures.
Bounded to the west by the River Lune estuary, the course at Lancaster Golf Club is an attractive parkland layout that was designed by James Braid in 1932.
The old course at Preston Golf Club has received architectural advice from several of the golfing greats since 1895 when George Lowe originally laid out 18 holes for the members, including Sandy Herd and James Braid.
Bury Golf Club started out with a modest 9-hole course at Redvales in 1890 but the property was earmarked for housing immediately after the Great War so Alister MacKenzie was engaged to plan a new course on land further along Manchester Road, this led to the creation of a new 9-hole layout at Unsworth Hall in 1921, with another nine following a year later.
Chorley Golf Club was established at Hall o'th' Hill with a 9-hole course in 1897. Within a few years, it appears that the club moved to Queens Road, Chorley on the Astley Hall Estate which is the site of Parklands High School and playing fields.
Nestled in the tranquil Lancashire countryside just outside Manchester, Ashton‑under‑Lyne Golf Club has been a proud golfing destination since 1913.
