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Prenton Golf Club formed in 1905 is a beautiful parkland course measuring 6457 yards (Par 71). The vista from the course overlooks the Wirral Peninsular with the Welsh mountains in the distance and is situated close to the cities of Liverpool and…

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The early history of Arrowe Park estate (1800's) is entwined with the Shaw family. In 1926 the estate was purchased by Birkenhead Corporation on the understanding that it was to be used for the people of the borough. In 1929 the first World Scout…

Birchwood Golf Club was promoted by the Warrington New Town Development Corporation and initially envisaged as a golf hotel and country club. The Irish golf course designer T.J.A. McAuley was commissioned to design the parkland course with its…

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The Royal Liverpool Golf Club (RLGC) was formed in 1869 and is respected as one of the finest golf club’s in the world. Less well known however, is the Royal Liverpool Village Play Golf Club (RLVP), the artisan club closely associated with it and…

Shrigley Hall Golf Club was opened along with the Hotel in 1989 following the conversion of the former Salesian Monastery & school. The 18 hole golf course was designed by Donald Steel and uses the beautiful setting of this country estate, dating…

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In 1903 a club was formed on a 9 hole course built by the Hassall family when the land was sold to William Hesketh Lever, the first Viscount Leverhulme. Interest in golf continued through three successive Viscounts until the death of the last holder…

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Sale Golf Club was founded in 1913 and the 18th hole of the course opened on Good Friday, 10th April 1914.
The driving force behind the club's formation, Daniel Mylrea, was also instrumental in the formation of the CUGC and its first Hon…

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One of the oldest golf clubhouses, or perhaps the most haunted?
Chorlton-cum-Hardy Golf Club covers about 98 acres of what was meadowland alongside the River Mersey on the southern edge of the Salford Hundred. The golf club was founded in 1902 with…

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In 1933 a group of gentlemen with a common interest in golf decided to form a new Golf Club. They decided upon the name Hoylake, and this proved to be the founding of this great club. It was not the first Club to play at the Hoylake Municipal Golf…

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The Club was founded in 1998 on a parcel of land leased from High Legh Estate, owned by the Cornwall Legh family. The Legh family can trace ownership and occupation of land in High Legh ever since the birth of Efward de Liga, born c.1095 AD.
The…

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Although Sandbach Golf Club celebrated 50 years of existence in 1973, subsequent perusal of the Golfing Annual of 1895/6 revealed that it was actually formed on October 11th 1895. From that day forward 9 hole golf was played by members on various…

Didsbury Golf Club, a friendly and welcoming club, was founded in 1891 and is proud to play an active part in the county competitions.
It has an interesting history and details can be found in the book ‘The History of Didsbury Golf Club’.
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Congleton Golf Club can date its origin to a meeting held on the 22nd October 1898 with the local Member of Parliament Mr W . Bromley Davenport becoming its First President and Mr T Marston its First Captain. The first ever competition was held on…

Formed in 1907, Caldy Golf Club sits at the end of the Wirral Peninsula, alongside the River Dee. Breathtaking views can be enjoyed from the cliff for holes across the estuary towards Hilbre Island and the coast of Wales.



The Club has fought…
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