lytham green drive famous for the friendly welcome
Information THE COURSE White Tees: Yellow Tees: Red Tees:
6305 yards 6159 yards 5750 yards
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GREEN FEES Round Only: Day: Sundays:
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The 9th hole
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t’s only 6,305 yards long but can Lytham Green Drive be considered short and sweet? Well, only if you play with your head more than your heart, otherwise it will bite you back like a cornered Yorkshire terrier. At first sight it’s a pleasant tree-lined course, which although within a mile of the Irish Sea still retains parkland characteristics. The greens are small by modern standards, and very well-bunkered. This parkland course also has links-like undulating fairways that can fool the eye when it comes to judging distance. Despite its modest length, it demands a wide variety of golf shots and will make you use just about every club in your bag, with its assortment of different challenges and approaches to most greens. The front nine is
arguably easier than the back nine but the first hole could start the round off on the wrong foot. This 398-yard gentle dog-leg has an outof-bounds on the right, trees to the left and a well-bunkered green with a pond at the rear. Two well-placed bunkers on the right of the fairway will catch any crooked drives. Laid out by 1902 Open Champion Alex Herd and re-designed by James Steer in the 1940’s, Lytham Green Drive is situated on the outskirts of Lytham next to the Green Drive. The ‘Lytham Golf Club’ was founded in 1913 by a group of local men and has had a reputation of being very friendly and sociable ever since. This formidable little test was officially recognised when it was used as a final qualifying course for the 1974, 1979 and 1988 Open Championships held at nearby Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.
FRONT 9 Hole Par Yards 1 4 398 2 4 389 3 4 334 4 4 360 5 5 518 6 3 187 7 4 345 8 4 356 9 4 406 Out 36 3012
BACK Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In
9 Par Yards 4 455 4 348 4 336 3 164 4 444 3 147 4 403 3 205 5 510 34 3293
Total 70 6305
£38 (27/36 holes) £45 £45
getting there Lytham Green Drive Golf Club, Ballam Road, Lytham St Annes, FY8 4LE Directions: Exit the M55 motorway at junction 4, signposted North Shore and A583. Keep left and move into the inside lane. Go straight over the roundabout (pass a B & Q store on the right), at the first set of traffic lights turn right, then immediately left down Peel Road. Continue until you reach a T-junction, turn right onto Ballam Road, and the club is 1½ miles on the left.
Signature Hole
H o l e 13 • Pa r - 3 • 164 ya r d s The thirteenth hole is named “Harold’s Beck” after the club’s famous professional and renowed club maker Harold Beck. It is an extremely picturesque Par-3 and worthy of being the signature hole.
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