Play on England’s Golf Coast at Royal Liverpool Golf Club and West Lancashire Golf Club and spend 2 nights bed and breakfast at the lavish Hillbark Hotel. England’s Golf Coast is home to 19 of the most beautiful and challenging golf courses in Britain.

The Royal Liverpool course at Hoylake started life as the racecourse of the Liverpool Hunt Club, set on the shores of the Dee and with the Welsh hills in the distance. As a reminder of its previous life, the original saddling bell is displayed among the memorabilia in the clubhouse. The golf course was built in 1869 and, with the exception of Westward ho! in Devon, is the oldest seaside course in England.

The club is a place of firsts:- the first Amateur in 1885; the first international match between England and Scotland in 1902; the first international between Great Britain and the United States in 1921, now known as the Walker Cup. Although the Club has hosted many Open Championships and many a famous golfing hero has walked the fairways over the years, it is probably best known for its contribution to the amateur game and a place where amateurs feel at home.

Whilst at first appearance the course may look flat, it is a very challenging championship course, 6,900 yards from the member's tees. However, as with all links courses, the wind makes its presence felt. The summer breeze can be your ally and the icy gale a ruthless adversary. All the holes require your utmost attention. The enormous clubhouse offers a respite from the elements and a place to soak up the history and traditions of the game.

West Lancashire is the oldest golf club surviving in the county of Lancashire and among the top ten oldest clubs in England. Founded in 1873, it is twinned with Royal Montreal Golf Club, Canada's oldest golf club, founded in the same year. The renowned golf course architect Donald Steel said of the course, "Only in Britain can one sample the true flavour of seaside golf of which West Lancashire is a perfect example".

West Lancashire has been a final qualifying course for The Open in 1976, 1983, 1991, 1998, 2006 and most recently in 2008, when Padraig Harrington triumphed at Royal Birkdale.

In 1976, four young professionals competed in the final qualifier here - Sandy Lyle, Nick Faldo, Bernard Langer and Ian Woosnam - all went on to win the coveted green jacket of the US Masters Championship.

This great links course measures 6,964 yards, and is set in natural seaside terrain with immaculate greens. Eleven of the holes measure over 400 yards so by any standards it is a true championship course. It is also a course of contrasts - humps and hollows, shelter and bleakness. On calm summer evenings it is easy to forget how the winds blowing in from the sea can turn a game around and challenge even the most accomplished golfer.

Hillbark Hotel
Nestling in the heart of the beautiful Wirral peninsula, just 15 minutes yet a million miles away from vibrant Liverpool, Capital of Culture 2008, this magnificent Grade II listed hotel provides the finest luxury coupled with discreet yet friendly service from the resident owners and their team .   ^