The 11th hole at Silverdale Golf Club is named "Storey's Ridge" and is a 485 yard par 5 from the white tees. It has a stroke index of 8, but statistically plays a lot more difficult than that. As with many holes at Silverdale, anything less than straight will get you into trouble - pushed drives will catch the trees that separate the 11th and 1st fairways, pulled drives will end up in the semi to the left and may mean you are blocked out by the trees behind the 12th green. De

On Saturday 19 June 16 members of Silverdale Golf Club set out at first light (4:30-ish) to take on the 72 hole challenge to raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Care. Our heroes completed the challenge with all 16 playing the 72nd hole together. The photo is a selfie taken by our Club Captain, Andrew Schofield, and shows all the lads & helpers on the 18th tee, just before playing their 72nd hole. One of our members, Andrew Ainsworth, was one of the "helpers" on the day and has m

We are getting excited about our Golf Festival Week (Tuesday 6 July until Saturday 10 July). It looks like you are too - some days are nearly full! Sign up now to the Open of your choice to play our fantastic course in tip-top condition. As well as the golf we have several guest beers arranged and our caterers will be operating a bar-b-que on our sun terrace. Book online or telephone our Proshop on 01524 701300 ext:3.

16 teams competed in our Am-Am Stableford Open on 12 June. It was teams of 4 with 2 to score on every hole. The course was in excellent condition with many visitors complimenting us on our greens. The weather was set fair and this meant some good scores came in. Our Golf Festival week isn't far off now (6-10 July), plenty of Opens for you to book into. Here are our prize-winners: First Prize - £60 each - Harvey, Neil - Silverdale 89 points Porter, Kei

On Saturday 19 June, 16 of our members are taking on the 72 hole challenge to support Macmillan Cancer Support. Please support the guys! You can do this in three ways: - donate via their Just Giving page here: https://longestdaygolf.macmillan.org.uk/team/silverdalehillbillys4 - play in the stableford competition on the 19th. Booking is open now. Its £10 to enter, £5 goes to prizes and £5 goes to the charity. Members can bring guests for this competition. Please pay entry fees

On Sunday 11 July our Professional, David Sutcliffe is hosting a competition with all proceeds going to his charity, Lennox Children's Cancer Care. For Gents, its a white tees stableford with prizes for the winners of three balanced divisions. Ladies can either enter a 9 hole or an 18 hole stableford competition. Its £4 to enter (includes 2s) with all entry fees going to the charity. Winners prize vouchers will be donated by David Sutcliffe. As well as entering the competitio