Southport and Ainsdale

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Ainsdale, Merseyside

DESIGNER: Braid, 1906
YARDAGE: 6,768
PAR: 72

GREEN FEES: Summer £75 week days, £100 weekends; Winter rate tbc.
CONTACT: 01704 578000, www.sandagolfclub.co.uk
CLUB COMMENT: A few new bunkers otherwise no major changes.

It’s a little-known fact that only The Belfry has hosted the Ryder Cup more times than ‘S&A’. It held the matches in 1933 and 1937 and a display of memorabilia in the clubhouse recognises those occasions. Birkdale is next door and understandably grabs the headlines, but S&A is a fine links in its own right. The original course was built in 1907, but Braid revised it in 1927 and his route – including blind drives and approaches – remains intact.

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