Lytham Green Drive

On 08/09/2013 at 00:00

Treasurers Shield

Defending Champion Paul Molyneux

18 Hole Stableford Competition

The Course

Our golf course is a pleasant tree lined course which, although within a mile of the Irish Sea, still retains its parkland characteristics.

Fairways
The fairways are well defined and require an accurate drive to set up the hole. If you stray from the fairway the first cut and second cut give you a chance. If you catch the rough you will stuggle to make par.

Greens
Our greens have an excellent reputation for running fast and true. However, they are small and well protected so an accurate approach shot is needed.

Claim to fame
Lytham Green Drive Golf Course has previously been a final qualifying course for the "Open Championship" when held at Royal Lytham.

Harry Varden, Walter Hagen and Edward Ray, who between them have eleven Open Championship wins to their name, visited the club whilst in Lytham for the 1926 Open at Royal Lytham St Annes.

They quoted, "it is a pleasant parkland course and a good test of golf for most players".

The Fylde Coast isn’t renowned for its parkland courses, but after playing Lytham Green Drive you might think it should be.

Laid out in 1913, this lush, easy-walking layout is known for its pristine fairways that are notoriously narrow in parts, and the dense trees that line the holes.

Lytham Green Drive also boasts well-kept greens that run fast and true and are tough to hit due to their small size.

At 6,305 yards off the tips – that’s with just two par 5s! – there is plenty of length to keep you on your toes.

The 9th, Lancaster Corner, is a brute of a par 4 that measures comfortably over 400 yards and is, statistically, the course’s hardest hole.

A right-to-left dog-leg, it requires a long drive favouring the right side of the fairway as anything too far left can leave you blocked out. Looking down the hole from the tee is quite intimidating!

The 15th should be treated with respect but the truth is, at less than 150 yards, it should give lots of players a chance to make a two.

The Mount, as it is called, has a narrow raised green and a collection of greenside bunkers but coming in with a short iron means you should have the control required to stop it on the dancefloor.

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Course Scorecard

Hole	Name	White Yards	Par	Yellow Yards	Par	Stroke Index	Red Yards	Par	Stroke Index
1	Blomiley	398	4	383	4	9	360	4	10
2	Green Drive	389	4	382	4	3	374	5	4
3	Shell Hill	334	4	329	4	11	323	4	14
4	Saltcotes	360	4	348	4	15	336	4	6
5	Steer Straight	518	5	510	5	5	456	5	2
6	Sandy Hill	187	3	177	3	7	132	3	18
7	Westby	345	4	335	4	13	319	4	8
8	Coppice	356	4	336	4	17	324	4	16
9	Lancaster Corner	406	4	392	4	1	306	4	12
	Out	3293	36	3192	36		2930	37

10	The Lodge	455	4	450	4	4	440	5	11
11	Hare's Breadth	348	4	343	4	14	331	4	3
12	The Ridge	336	4	336	4	18	331	4	13
13	Harold's Beck	164	3	152	3	8	141	3	7
14	Devil's Elbow	444	4	442	4	2	432	5	1
15	The Mount	147	3	142	3	16	128	3	17
16	Birks Wood	403	4	397	4	6	381	5	5
17	Ballam View	205	3	200	3	12	165	3	15
18	Big Bertha	510	5	505	5	10	471	5	9
	In	3012	34	2967	34		2820	37
	Total	6305	70	6159	70		5750	74
	Standard Scratch Score		70		69			74