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England Wales Scotland Ireland Golf Vacation
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- All our UK tours are customized to your preferences.
- You select what courses you would like to play and what you would like for lodging.
- Our prices are surprising and very
competitive.
- Describe your trip, and we will give you a
quote.
- Small golfing groups or large, we can accomodate from 2 to 24 people.
- Rates are also available for non-golfers.
- Book your Golf Vacation to Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland or take the U.K. golf tour of a lifetime and hit multiple locations.
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Below you will find just a sample of the links courses in England available to you and your friends on our trips. There are many others not listed here which we can also arrange, but these are some of the more popular choices.
All our U.K. golf vacations are customized to your preferences. You select the courses you wish to play and the type of lodging you prefer. The cost of each trip will vary depending on your choices.
Tee times are subject to availability.
Click on the names to read a bit more about these amazing links courses:
ROYAL BIRKDALE
HILLSIDE
ROYAL LIVERPOOL
ST ANNES OLD LINKS
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ROYAL BIRKDALE:
The course was originally called The Birkdale when it was opened in October, 1889 at Shaw Hills. It was then a nine-hole course and in 1884 it was extended to 18 holes and moved to its present location at Birkdale Hills. After George Low designed the course, it was opened for play in 1897. FW Hawtree and JH Taylor modified the course in accordance with championship standards in the 1930s. In 1951, it came to be known as the Royal Birkdale Golf Club as King George VI bestowed the royal charter to them.
The Royal Birkdale is a links course and is set on the Irish Sea coastline. The winds play a huge factor in determining the outcome of your play. The fairways are laid in flat-bottomed valleys between towering dunes.
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HILLSIDE:
Hillside Golf Club is situated in Southport, 'England's Golfing Capital'. The course forms part of England's finest stretch of coastal links being adjacent to Royal Birkdale and Southport & Ainsdale with Formby Golf Course a few miles down the road.
A round of golf at Hillside is a truly memorable experience and many visitors consider the course equal to anything the Open Championship venues have to offer.
From the white tees the course at Hillside measures over 6,800 yards meandering through majestic sandhills and tranquil pinewoods. Many of the holes have elevated tees with fantastic views over the Irish Sea.
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ROYAL LIVERPOOL:
The links are in fantastic condition and remain so all year round. Hoylake is hardly ever closed and temporary greens are a rarity. At 6,450 yards long the winter course remains a firm and fair test of golf renowned the world over.
So, if you enjoy a challenge and wish to play some classic links golf on one of the United Kingdom's most famous courses, why not visit Royal Liverpool in autumn or winter?
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ST ANNES OLD LINKS:
The pure links character of St. Annes has changed little over the years. Every hole has its own individual characteristics, with the 170-yard par three, 9th hole, which offers a narrow green, well guarded by bunkers, is probably best known. Bobby Jones, in fact, when playing here in 1926, was so impressed with this hole that he reportedly took detailed measurements so that he could reproduce a hole of similar character in the United States. But while the 9th is probably the most talked about hole, with its immense 56-yard long green, others certainly provide a stiffer challenge.
While there are countless majestic holes at St. Annes Old Links, the purists often rate the 447-yard 7th hole as the most difficult on the course, particularly when played into the teeth of the prevailing westerly wind. Getting home in regulation is a struggle for even the longest hitters and for most players, the decision to lay-up short of the ditch, which protects the green, is a decision very well made. Each hole on the homeward journey, beginning with the short but testing par four 10th hole presents varying challenges, while the long finish of two par fives, with the railway lurking as out-of-bounds for over one thousand yards on the right hand side, demands the utmost in concentration and tact.
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