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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…

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Royal Liverpool was formed in 1869 and this world-renowned club has hosted many Opens and championships.
Here we have a recent aerial photo, the clubhouse, the 1921 GB&I v USA match which subsequently became the Walker Cup, an old postcard of the…

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Reddish Vale Golf Club founded in 1912 ,designed by the famous golf architect of "Augusta " fame, Alister Mackenzie.The course is set mainly in the captivating Tame Valley, an area of natural beauty,18 holes, par 69 ,and measuring 6,086 yards,it is…

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A photo taken in the 1970s before the significant growth of trees planted on the course

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Prestbury Golf Club was founded as Prestbury and Upton Golf Club in 1920, its first competition was held in April 1921, and the course was officially opened in April 1924. At that time the course measured 6.344 yards with a ‘bogey’ of 77. The…

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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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Club members on the verandah, 1930s

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Mere Golf and Country Club emerged following the demise of two clubs: Timperley and Marbury Hall. The club was conceived by Harry Quick, a Timperley member who sought a country club in the heart of Cheshire.

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The word “ leasow “ originally meant pasture or an open and undulating meadow and the current course certainly lives up to this description, as it is open to all the elements coming off the Irish Sea.



Leasowe Golf club was formed in 1891.…

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The Knutsford Golf Club sits beside the magnificent Tatton Park.

Once part of the park, it was founded by Lord Egerton of Tatton in 1891 as his personal course and it is rumoured that he was often to be seen playing golf with a liveried footman…

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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.
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With fabulous views of the Dee Estuary and the Welsh hills beyond from both the Course and Clubhouse, Heswall Golf Club (founded in 1902) is a 6837 yard, 18 hole course.

Recent improvements include a state of the art, 12-bay driving range,…

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Helsby Golf Club is situated in leafy Cheshire in the North West of England, only 7 miles from the Roman city of Chester and 1.5 miles from J14 of the M56.

It is a very friendly members’ club – fully owned and run the members who have…
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