HESKETH GOLF CLUB TO HOST 2008 JUNIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP - 13th Mar 2006

The R&A has confirmed that Hesketh Golf Club, the oldest of the Southport clubs, will host the Junior Open Championship in 2008.

Hesketh lies at the northern end of south-west Lancashire's sand dune system with half of the holes winding through these dunes and the other half setting a quite different yet equally testing challenge on land bordering the Ribble Estuary.

It was on part of the property now occupied by the club that it was founded as Southport Golf Club in 1885. For a brief number of years it moved inland, only to return to a much expanded layout and to be renamed Hesketh Golf Club after the landowner who was instrumental in planning the new course.

The English Golf Union owes its existence to Hesketh as it was a former Club captain who was behind its formation and who thereafter was the first Union President.

The Junior Open Championship, a biennial tournament which this year will be played at Heswall Golf Club from 17 to 19 July, involves players from around the world competing in age and regional categories for a range of coveted trophies.

Jordan Cox of the U.S was the Junior Open Champion in 2004 at Kilmarnock (Barassie), two shots clear of England's Oliver Fisher and Samuel Shin of New Zealand.

Related Links

• http://www.heskethgolfclub.co.uk
• http://www.randa.org

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