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History

Broad and spectacular vistas of the Dee Estuary and the Welsh Hills beyond mark picturesque Heswall out as one of the UK's most beautiful courses. The Wirral Country Park crosses gently sloping land on which the first layout was crafted by Jack Morris (nephew of Old Tom) in 1902. Since then, Harry Varden, Frank Pennink and Donald Steel have all adapted and improved the course, which is now a wonderful test of golf.

Recent Improvements
The course has been altered and extended on many occasions. Its length has increased from 5115 yards in 1909 to 5889 yards in 1957 and 6556 yards as it was up to 2006, to the new course at 6882 yards today.

The original view would have been very different with few trees and sand where the current marsh grass grows in the estuary. The original accounts show £1 for ferrets to keep the rabbit population down and £3 to pay the local farmer to graze his sheep on the course rather than paying staff to cut the fairways!

The Club's first club house, a substantial two storey building was erected in 1904 but sadly only survived until 1924 when it was destroyed by fire. A new club house designed by the distinguished Liverpool Architect Herbert J Rowse who later designed India Buildings, Martins Bank Building and The Philharmonic Hall was completed in 1926 on the site it occupies today with commanding views over the course, the Dee Estuary and North Wales.

English Seniors Amateur Championship
Heswall hosted the English Seniors Amateur Championship in 2002, and in 2006 welcomes the boys and girls competing in the Junior Open Championship, a competition which takes place at the start of the week in which the Open Championship itself will be contested at Royal Liverpool.