The history of Fleetwood Golf Club has been positively traced back to the year 1861 when as a garrison town, officers at the Euston Barracks were instrumental in the laying out of the links course, organising a golf competition, and presenting prizes to the winners. The first recorded Golf Club was disbanded when the School of Musketry was relocated to Hythe in Kent some five years later.
In 1893, townsfolk with an obvious passion for the game, instituted a Golf Club which had the boundary of the course running alongside the very edge of the sea. This is the accepted date from which the club’s centenary was celebrated. In all there have been three locations for the town’s Golf Clubs and the location for the current course at Princes Way, designed by James Steer and opened in 1932, is the only true links course on the Fylde Coast.
All golfing visitors to the club will be provided, (Once the green fee is paid of course) an authentic test of links golf.At first glance, many think Fleetwood is flat, but the gently undulating fairways, subtle greens and US Open style managed rough, allied with prevailing winds from the Irish Sea or numerous other wind directions, on the same day sometimes, especially when the tide is coming in or out, will ensure a fair test for players of all abilities.
The Flyovers on their website will provide you with good pointers to attack the greens, our best kept secret is, keep the ball on the fairway, avoid straying left or right, Fleetwood’s Links rough is very punishing in summer. Balls can be very difficult to play from, when the grass growth is healthy and thick. The undulations on some fairways can lead to difficult lies, hitting a good drive, then finding the ball 1 foot above or below the feet can occur, in true links fashion.
The Club House 1932
Aerial view 1932
Aerial view 2025
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