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R&A Championships Limited has submitted a planning application to Sefton Council to utilise open land adjacent to the practice range at neighbouring Hillside Golf Club on Hastings Road in Birkdale for golf course use. Photo: Google Earth

R&A tees off bid to convert land on Birkdale Common in Southport into new practice range for Open Golf players

Part of Birkdale Common in Southport could be taken over to be used as a practice range for the world’s top golfers playing at The Open Golf Championship at Royal…

June 4, 2025

Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa has announced that David Goscombe, former Head PGA Instructor and Assistant Golf Operations Manager at the resort, has returned as Director of Golf and Leisure

Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa announces David Goscombe as new Director of Golf and Leisure

March 14, 2024

Southport golfer Tommy Fleetwood is celebrating pipping Rory McIlroy on the final hole to win the Dubai Invitational. Photo by Tommy Fleetwood on Instagram

Southport golfer Tommy Fleetwood pips Rory McIlroy on final hole to win Dubai Invitational

January 14, 2024

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Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club has raised over £15,000 for Queenscourt Hospice. Club Captains Derrick Pilkington (left) and Dianne Gillespie (right) with Elizabeth Hartley, Fundraising Manager at Queenscourt (centre)

Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club raises over £15,000 for Queenscourt Hospice

January 13, 2024

Gabriella Monks

Golf prodigy Gabriella, 14, celebrates qualification for Sky Sports Junior European Open in Spain

November 11, 2023

Southport Golf Links. Photo by Google

Southport Golf Links offers free junior golf memberships to under 16s this summer

August 1, 2023

Royal Birkdale golf course in Southport will host The 154th Open from 12-19 July 2026. Photo by The R&A.

The Open golf return to Southport welcomed by business leaders as huge boost for local economy

July 22, 2023

Royal Birkdale golf course in Southport will host The 154th Open from 12-19 July 2026. Photo by The R&A.

Royal Birkdale golf club in Southport to host The 154th Open in 2026

July 11, 2023

Dave Kirkham

Free taster day for disabled people at Southport Golf Academy ‘a big success’

June 23, 2023

‘Golf has given us a new lease of life with disability no barrier to enjoying life’

June 20, 2023

Southport Golf Academy is appealing for people with disabilities, and the organisations that represent them, to come to a Free Golf Taster Session on a family-run golf course. Photo by Andrew Brown Stand Up For Southport

Southport Golf Academy hosts free golf taster session for people with disabilities

June 16, 2023