Grange Park Golf Club

Founded as St Helens and District Golf Club in 1891, with an original nine holes by John Morris (nephew of Old Tom Morris), the club took the Grange Park name in 1911 as the course expanded to 18 holes on Eccleston Hill. After the First World War, Pilkington Glass bought the land, and James Braid was commissioned to redesign the course, his bunkering still evident on many holes today. Fast-draining sandstone keeps the mature parkland course playable year-round, with quick, subtly contoured greens as its main defence.