England's famous North West Golf Coast includes the renowned Lancashire golf coast with the legendary Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Course at its heart. This outstanding Lancashire Royal golf course has hosted the Open Championships numerous times and sits just inland from the picture postcard historic seaside resort of Lytham St Annes which boasts Victorian Pier and numerous luxury hotels and B&Bs.
Two other famous golf courses are in Lytham St Annes - Fairhaven and the St Annes Old Links. Golfers can take their pick of a fine choice of more outstanding golf courses across the Blackpool area including the popular Blackpool North Shore Golf Club and inland Devere Herons' Reach Golf course. Find full listings of England's Golf Coast golf courses via the golf coast weblink right.
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The historic big four golf courses in Lytham and Lytham St Annes - St Annes Old Links, Royal Lytham, Fairhaven and Green Drive Golf Course - all sit within easy reach of each other. A golfer's dream indeed, Lytham and Lytham St Annes are a UK hub for traditional links courses - this area of Lancashire lives and breathes golf! Royal Lytham St Annes Golf Course first hosted the Open Championships in 1926 and the same year was awarded the Royal title. A regular host to the Open, Royal Lytham is one of the most famous of the links courses, the course is the only championship course opening with a Par 3. The first 4 holes and last 5 are renowned as the ultimate test for any golfer. The clubhouse is Victorian, the club was founded in 1886 and course constructed in 1897. For details on how to book and a full guide through the course see Royal Lytham's extensive webguide link right. Just east of Royal Lytham sits the famous Fairhaven Golf Club. This Lytham course is renowned for its beauty and wooded landscape. The course is within the grounds of Lytham Hall Park - it moved here from its original site at Fairhaven Lakes in 1924. Fairhaven is a qualifier for the Open, when held at Royal Lytham, as is the historic St Annes Old Links Golf Club which dates from 1902. The Old Links is a beloved seaside links course with its famed four ponds making six of its holes tricky indeed. Lytham's Green Drive Golf Course has also served as qualifier for the Open at Royal Lytham. With its distincitve parkland features, the 14th hole - Devil's Elbow has challenged many a golfer. For details on all Lytham's famous golf courses see individual golf course weblink's right and for the choice of outstanding golf courses along England's Golf Coast see the Golf Coast webguide.
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Links Gate, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, FY8 3LQ. Tel. 01253 724206.
Fairhaven Golf Club, Oakwood Avenue, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire FY8 4JU. Tel. 01253 736741.
St Anne's Old Links Golf Club, Highbury Road East, St Anne's On Sea, Lancashire FY8 2LD. Telephone.01253 723597. Lytham Green Drive Golf Club, Ballam Road, Lytham St Annes FY8 4LE. Tel. 01253 737390.
Blackpool North Shore Golf Club, Devonshire Rd, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY2 ORD. Tel. 01253 352054.
Blackpool Park Golf Club, North Park Drive, Blackpool, Lancs, FY3 8LS. Tel. 01253 397916. De Vere Herons Reach Golf, East Park Drive, Blackpool Lancashire FY3 8LL. Tel. 01253 838866.
Staining Lodge Golf Course, Dover Lodge Farm, Staining, Blackpool, FY3 0DE. 01253 891336.
Knott End Golf Club, Wyreside, Knott End-On-Sea, Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 0AA. Tel. 01253 810 576. Poulton Le Fylde Golf Club, Myrtle Farm, Breck Road, Poulton-le Fylde, FY6 7HJ. Tel. 01253 892444.
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