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Pleasington Golf Club is an 18-hole course in Lancashire, England, between Preston and Blackburn, founded in 1891 when Fred T. Marwood invited George Lowe, professional at Royal Lytham & St Annes, to lay out nine holes on 142 acres near Pleasington Lodge. In 1909, 1902 Open Champion Alexander "Sandy" Herd extended the course to 18 holes, adding eight holes north of a working railway line and one to the south, and a clubhouse opened on 9 June 1910.
James Braid revised parts of the layout in 1925, adding three new holes, merging two others and removing the original 5th, with the reworked course ready for the 1929 Northern PGA Championship. The club has hosted Open Championship Regional Qualifying on several occasions, including 2005. From the championship tees the course plays to a par of 72 over 6,539 yards, with White (par 71, 6,373 yards), Yellow (par 70, 6,144 yards) and Red (par 74, 5,782 yards) tees also in use.
The course is an 18-hole parkland golf course. It plays to par 72, 5,980m (6,539 yards). Designed by George Lowe, the course originally opened in 1891. It is semi-private, welcoming both members and visitors. On-site facilities include Driving Range, Pro Shop, Putting Green, Chipping Green, Changing Rooms, Halfway House.
The club was founded in 1891 when Fred T. Marwood of Pleasington Lodge invited George Lowe, professional at Royal Lytham & St Annes, to lay out nine holes on 142 acres of land near the village of Pleasington in east Lancashire.
Lowe's original nine holes were extended to a full eighteen in 1909 by Alexander "Sandy" Herd, the 1902 Open Champion, who added eight holes north of a working railway line and one more to the south, producing a course of roughly 5,000 yards. In 1925 James Braid was brought in to revise the layout, adding three new holes (11-13), merging two existing holes (13 and 14), and removing the original 5th hole; the reworked course was ready in time for the 1929 Northern PGA Championship. In 2017 the club engaged Ken Moodie of Creative Golf Design to review further possible changes, aimed in part at restoring heathland character on the course's north side.
The clubhouse opened on 9 June 1910 and underwent a major renovation in 1997. In 2014, a £1 million Network Rail bridge project required modifications to the course, which today measures over 6,500 yards from the championship tees. Phoenix Feeds became the first office tenant in the converted clubhouse in 2017, and in 2018 the PGA in England and Wales (North) established its headquarters at the club.
The club has hosted Open Championship Regional Qualifying on multiple occasions, including 2005, and is listed among Lancashire's higher-ranked courses by Top100GolfCourses.com.
The course remains split by the railway line, combining twelve parkland holes to the south with six heathland holes to the north. It operates as a members' club that also welcomes visitors and societies, and since 2018 has served as the base for the PGA in England and Wales (North).
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| Fee Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| April (18 holes) Mon to Sun | £80 | 18 holes |
| 1st May – 30th September (18 holes) Mon to Thurs | £80 | 18 holes |
| 1st May – 30th September (18 holes) Fri to Sun | £100 | 18 holes |
| County Card Mon to Sun | £75 | — |
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