HESKETH GOLF CLUB: Set amidst the towering Victorian villas of Southport's premier residential area - Hesketh Park - is Hesketh Golf Club, the town's oldest golf club, founded in 1885. Standing alone on the crest of a tall sandhill, the clubhouse dominates the golf course, and the surrounding district. The course is at the northern end of south-west Lancashire’s sand dune system, which is the home of so many great golf courses. Professional championship golf has been played on these famous old links from the club’s earliest days, and the course is regularly used as a final qualifying course when The Open is played at Royal Birkdale. Hesketh was co-host with Hillside for the 2011 Amateur Championship.