England’s Golf Coast

Southport is home to the UK's highest concentration of championship links courses and is England's Golfing Capital on England's Golf Coast.

Royal Birkdale was once again delighted to host The Open Championship which returned in July 2008, but Southport's reputation for being England's Golfing Capital is not just based on Royal Birkdale’s rugged links. It boasts another five championship standard courses within 15 minutes drive from the Ambassador Townhouse, and a sixth only half an hour away. Hesketh, Hillside, Southport & Ainsdale, Formby, Formby Hall and West Lancashire Golf Clubs are all superb courses providing a challenge to the most accomplished golfer.

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Southport is home to the UK's highest concentration of championship links courses and is England's Golfing Capital on England's Golf Coast.

Royal Birkdale was once again delighted to host The Open Championship which returned in July 2008 and the ever popular Ricoh Women’s British Open in 2010, but Southport's reputation for being England's Golfing Capital is not just based on Royal Birkdale’s rugged links.

It boasts another five championship standard courses within 15 minutes drive from the Ambassador Townhouse, and a sixth only half an hour away. Hillside is widely thought to rival neighbour Royal Birkdale with its demanding layout, while Hesketh, Southport & Ainsdale, Formby, Formby Hall and West Lancashire Golf Clubs are all superb courses providing a challenge to the most accomplished golfer.

Further along the coast, we find Royal Liverpool to the south and Royal Lytham & St Annes to the north. Together, the three world-renowned Royal Links courses have hosted the Open Championship in excess of 30 times since 1897.

For the higher handicap, courses abound to suit all abilities and standards of play: you don’t have to be Ryder Cup material to enjoy the great outdoors and feeling of achievement.

With so many championship standard links courses close at hand and many more courses to suit every standard of play, there’s no better reason to choose Southport for that golfing break. Find out more about our bespoke golf breaks and how you can make the most of England’s Golf Coast.

The Ambassador Townhouse offers a relaxing respite for competitors, players and spectators alike.