Southport Old Links is not the biggest or indeed the best-known golf course in town, but it is among the oldest. Golf was first played here in the late 1800s, before many big and famous clubs had their first monthly medal or cut the fairways with the horse-drawn mowers for the first time.

It is small only in being 9-holes , but has 18 tees that give the feel of playing an 18 hole course.The length of many of its holes is king-sized, a truly demanding test of golf and a delightful golfing experience.

SOL, as it is often conveniently labelled, is truly at the heart of golf in Southport, not just by tradition, but also by its location. For the really energetic it is within an hour's walk of fashionable Lord Street and the town centre, on the edge of the old world village of Churchtown, the original Southport, still with the charming white washed, thatched cottages, village square, and old stone stocks.

SOL might have moved to bigger surroundings but then, of course, the roots here are long established and such temptations were resisted. Instead, SOL settled in its old, lovely intimate links-parkland, surrounded by the birch trees with views eastwards across the Lancashire plain to distant hills, and planned for the future. The club has built a new clubhouse, invested in its fairways and greens and undertaken numerous course improvements to make it a great golf challenge.