Founded in 1873, West Lancashire is the oldest golf club surviving in the county of Lancashire and is among the top ten oldest golf clubs in England. West Lancashire has been a Final Qualifying course for The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and in 2006 will be so again when the best players in the world compete at Hoylake. This great links course measures 6,768 yards, and is set in natural seaside terrain with immaculate greens. Eleven of the holes measure over 400 yards so by any standards it is a true championship course.It is also a course of contrasts - humps and hollows, shelter and bleakness. On calm summer evenings it is easy to forget how the winds blowing in from the sea can turn a game around and challenge even the most accomplished golfer. The clubhouse overlooks the ninth and eighteenth greens, giving panoramic views to the north and west over Anglesey and the Welsh Hills. Its long balcony is an ideal place for weary golfers to have a reviving drink or snack, whilst watching the sun go down over West Lancashire.
