Fairhaven Golf Club

Fairhaven Golf Club was originally a 12-hole course situated on Fairhaven Lake in 1892 and established as a club in 1895. In 1924 the club moved half a mile inland to its present location, in what was then Lytham Hall Park. As the course was then very flat and there were no trees, J.A. Steer and James Braid created hills, hollows and bunkers that have characterised the layout ever since. Contrary to fable, there were never 365 bunkers, but there were certainly more than the current 118, as the original holes were filled with sand until 1939. Dave Thomas, a multiple Ryder Cup player, was commissioned in 1977 to review the course and make recommendations for improvements. The results of that work are still visible today in the raised profile of the bunkers, the changed shapes of the greens, the general tightening up of the course and the spread of rhododendrons. Throughout its history, the club has always strived for improvement and enhancement. Since 2003, the club has constructed new bunkers and subtly modified the course on the recommendation of the internationally renowned architect Donald Steel.Più