Castle Hawk Golf Club

Castle Hawk is the self-proclaimed "friendliest golf club in the UK" and the vast range of facilities it offers would certainly add weight to its claim. Boasting both an eighteen and a nine hole course, it also has a bar and restaurant on the grounds which are open seven days a week, and there are shower and changing rooms facilities also.

The course itself is somewhat generous also, consisting of entirely par 3 holes on the outward nine. Indeed, only the twelfth and seventeenth stray from the par 3 formula, the latter being a monstrous, demanding par 5 with more than the odd hazard to overcome to keep your scorecard looking respectable.

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Originally founded in 1896 under the title Clayton golf club, Brookdale was renamed upon its move to Lord Lane Failsworth in September 1905, where it was a very popular nine-hole course. There it stayed until 1962 when it moved to its present home in the Woodhouses area of Failsworth, and became a twelve-hole course. Its popularity and membership increased, forcing the purchase of new land to make it an eighteen-hole course, a project completed in 1973.

Measuring 5645 yards, with a par of 68, off the yellow tees, it is not a particularly long course so the real challenge comes from choosing your clubs carefully to avoid overhitting and missing the green. Golfers of all abilities will find this a demanding but ultimately rewarding course.