Golf Courses Near Liverpool

From Hoylake on the Wirral, through Formby, to Southport, the shore is lined with dune-land golf. Royal Birkdale, at Southport, has hosted the Open eleven times, from 1954 to 2026. Royal Liverpool was founded in 1869 at Hoylake and has hosted the Open thirteen times, most recently in 2023. In 2006, Tiger Woods won there while hitting his driver only once all week. Our guide to championship golf courses covers these venues.

Hillside sits next to Royal Birkdale and is used for Open qualifying. Formby plays through pine and dunes beside the National Trust's red squirrel reserve. West Lancashire, at Blundellsands on the northern edge of the city, is a traditional links.

Southport & Ainsdale was founded in 1906 and hosted the Ryder Cup in 1933 and 1937. Wallasey is where the Stableford scoring system was first used in competition, in 1932. Our guide to coastal golf and our guide to the best links courses cover more of the coast.

Merseyrail trains run along the coast to Hillside, Birkdale and Southport, so you can reach several clubs by train. For Hoylake and Wallasey, use the Wirral line, which runs under the Mersey. The Lancashire links are at their best from late spring to early autumn, when the turf is firm.

North Wales lies just across the Dee. Our guide to golf in Wales covers it, and golf courses near Wrexham lists the clubs on the border. Good-value golf further east is on our page for golf courses near Manchester, and to the south-east, golf courses near Stoke-on-Trent. Liverpool is also a ferry port for Northern Ireland, and our guide to golf in Northern Ireland covers Portrush and County Down. See also golf courses near Preston to the north.