Southport's reputation for being England's Golfing Capital is not just based on Royal Birkdale, just south of Southport lies Formby and 3 wonderful golf clubs: Formby Golf Club, Formby Hall Golf Resort and Formby Ladies.

Set amongst 135 acres of parkland, right in the heart of England’s Golf Coast, Formby Hall offers the definitive golf resort, and luxury spa hotel experience.

For golfers, the 18-hole Championship Old Course , 9-hole par 3 course and the PGA Academy should provide attraction enough. Add to that one of the most luxurious health spas in the country, plus a restaurant renowned for creating a stunning range of exciting dishes from the finest of locally sourced produce, and the result is something truly out of the ordinary.

With 62 sumptuous bedrooms, Formby Hall combines all the charm and individuality of a boutique hotel, with all the facilities of a 4* luxury spa and golf resort, and just 30 minutes from Liverpool.

All bedrooms are superbly appointed with state-of-the-art facilities, each laid out with meticulous attention to detail and benefiting from the best in contemporary design.

The Old Course has been spectacularly transformed from marshland to a picturesque parkland course. Six miles south of Southport the course measures 6,955 yards from the Championship tees and has already hosted two events on the Challenge Tour and another on the European Seniors' Tour. The club is also known for hosting high quality charity and pro-am events featuring some well-known celebrities.

The Old Course features a series of testing holes protected by water and well placed bunkers. Water can be found on 16 of the 18 holes, making the course an altogether different experience each time you play it.

Formby Golf Club, founded in 1884, are proud to have an outstanding championship course with par 3s amongst the most challenging to be found anywhere. Formby has hosted many important national and regional amateur golf events, including four British Amateur Championships.

The course is in excellent condition all year round; the greens are firm and the undulating fairways are perfectly mown. However, accuracy and concentration are prerequisites for every hole, with the heather and rough forming a natural boundary together with bunkers and sand hills, it does not serve the golfer to be unfocused. The lovely surroundings tempt many golfers to delay their departure, spending time in the clubhouse, where they are guaranteed a warm welcome.

Formby Ladies Golf Club is set amongst the pine trees and sand dunes of the Lancashire Coast, the course provides a wonderfully varied challenge to the visitor. Its tight fairways and smaller greens demand skill and precision from golfers of all levels. Indigenous heather protects much of the rough and great caution is required at many holes. Greg Norman said of the course:- "Over 100 years old and still your course can stand the test of time. What a beautiful course. It clearly shows that courses do not have to be 7,000 yards plus to be formidable."  ^