Silloth

The reputation of this course is now so high among those who have played it, that the membership hails from all over the UK and national championships are regularly played over the links.

Tucked away on the north-western Cumbrian coast, roving golfers can often overlook this course, as did Frank Pennink in his Golfer’s Companion but it has all the ‘joy to be alive’ factors and, as Donald Steel noted, “is a remote jewel that shines most brightly”.

Narrow fairways of fine fescue and bent grasses are located between high sandhills, abundant heather and, when the wind blows, perhaps too much encroaching gorse! (I am advised a gorse regeneration programme has this in hand) The traditional blind drives and approaches to sunken greens with wide views across the Solway Firth to Southerness and Criffel, give an exhilarating experience.   READ MORE…