Recensione di sarahforrest del Wallasey Golf Club

Founded in 1891 by members from nearby Hoylake, with an initial layout from Old Tom Morris⁠ ⁠ Bobby Jones played his qualifying round at Wallasey for the 1930 Open at Royal Liverpool. Wallasey must have had a lasting effect on Bobby Jones too, as he sat for a portrait painted by one of the members. This portrait ‘Bobby’ still hangs proudly in the lounge to this day. ⁠ ⁠ As you start to play Wallasey, it lures you into a false sense of security with a fairly innocuous straight par 4 hole running alongside the road. ⁠ ⁠ The second hole is famous for a totally different reason. A par 4, almost 90 degree dog leg right, wide enough to take on the corner or keep left and get on in regulation for your second shot. ⁠ Doctor Frank Stableford a member at Wallasey Golf Club at the time came up with the Stableford scoring system on this hole. I wonder if he had a nightmare on hole 1? ⁠ ⁠ You won’t even know about this hole until you clamber over the dunes to the 4th hole and the world appears to just open up ahead of you to a wide open expanse overlooking the sea. On the horizon a multitude of majestic wind turbines quietly going about their business glinting in the sunshine as they sparkle off the sea gently lapping around them. ⁠ ⁠ Wallasey remains one of my all time favourite golf courses to play in the world and I hope to return one day soon. ⁠.