Formby Hall Golf Club

Opened by Sir Kenny Dalglish in 1996 on 200 acres of former marshland around the Formby family's 1523 castellated mansion, this parkland resort course is a deliberate change of pace from the links that surround it, with water on 16 of its 18 holes. A hotel, spa and nine-hole Woodhey Dunes short course complete the resort, which has hosted the European Challenge Tour.