Our latest Story of a Golf Club episode is from West Lancs GC, the second oldest course in these parts, originally founded by a number of Hoylake members, seeking to grow the popular Scottish game in 1873. It sits on a stretch of coastline with some of England’s best golf courses, and rightly deserves its place among the greats of the region. Its a tough test of golf, with land that mother nature can only have left us with for the purpose of golf, which has enjoyed the involvement of architects throughout its history.
Moderate in length, the challenge at West Lancs is around the greens and with your approach play. The surrounding areas are exquisite and this has some of the most incredible runoffs you will see anywhere in the game. An errant approach shot is almost certainly going to be met with a difficult up and down for par, and whilst the views of the Mersey estuary are spectacular, you’ll need your full concentration around here as you navigate your way through the dunes if you are to score well!
The club enjoys a rich history, with Harold Hilton as its first paid secretary who enjoyed perhaps the greatest Amateur career with the exception of Bobby Jones, from Atlanta, and today the course still attracts some of the best talent in the game to its prestigious events, notably the Women’s Amateur in 2020
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