Hesketh Golf Club, Southport

The Hesketh Golf Club is set amidst the towering Victorian villas of Southport's premier residential area - Hesketh Park and is the town's oldest golf club, founded in 1885. Standing alone on the crest of a tall sandhill, the clubhouse dominates the golf course and the surrounding district.

The course is at the northern end of south-west Lancashire`s sand dune system which is the home of so many great golf courses. Professional championship golf has been played on these famous old links from the club`s earliest days and the course is regularly used as a final qualifying course when The Open is played at Royal Birkdale.

The course sets a unique challenge with half of the holes threaded through tall sand dunes; whilst the other holes border the Ribble estuary. Here the course`s neighbour is a nationally renowned bird reserve where winter visitors are rewarded by seeing great flocks of migrant geese, swans and waders. Across the estuary the mountains of Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire provide an unforgettable backdrop.

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