Golf clubs

Blackpool Park Golf Club has been established at its present site since 1925 when the golf course was opened as part of the new Stanley Park attraction. The course was designed by the famous golf course architect Dr Alister MacKenzie (right) who also designed such well known venues as Royal Melbourne, Cypress Point and Augusta National, home to the US Masters.
The course has always been run as a municipal facility by Blackpool Borough Council and the private members club attached to the course provides clubhouse facilities as well as a comprehensive golf programme throughout the year. Numbers peaked in the 1970's when the course was amongst the busiest in the country with over 77,000 rounds per year played there. it has 18 hole golf course