Silverdale Golf Club was 100 years old in 2006. The club was officially formed on the 10th November 1906 and play began on April 6th 1907 and the Challenge Cup which was presented by Colonel Morley Saunders to mark the club’s inauguration is still played for today. Ladies golf competitions began in September 1908. Except for the years of the First World War when competitions were suspended, competitions and monthly medals continue to this day.
The club was originally like many in the area a 9 hole course, whereas most of the local courses failed to survive WW1 Silverdale prospered and grew. It became a 12 hole course in 1992 and in preparation for our Centenary a further 6 holes were developed in 2002. These were officially opened on July 7th 2002 by our Club Patron and former Silverdale member Gary Wolstenholme, England’s most capped amateur golfer who has the proud achievement of beating Tiger Woods in 1995 Walker Cup singles.
The course is now a combination of rolling, open parkland with Myers Dyke presenting a challenge on three holes of the new section and the short steep limestone outcrops and mature trees of the original 9 hole course. This allows Silverdale Golf Club to be one of the most exciting, attractive and scenic courses in the whole region and one in which boredom never sets in.