Britain's Best Putter: Regional Venue: Formby Hall

A guide to Britain's Best Putter's North West venue Formby Hall

Formby Hall
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Located on England's north west coast, just south of Southport, Formby Hall is regarded as one of the leading golf courses in Europe.

Opened in 1996, the courses reputation grew rapidly with the European Tour choosing the course the venue for the European Challenge Tour for 1999-2001.

Formby Hall has also hosted several high quality charity and pro-am events feature well-known celebrities.

Following a recent £10 million development, the course now offers a 62 bedroom 4 star hotel, a new 9 hole par 3 course, driving range and a PGA Residential Academy, together with a state of the art spa and health club.

Thomas Patrick Clarke
Thomas Patrick Clarke
Sports Digital Editor

Tom Clarke joined Golf Monthly as a sub editor in 2009 being promoted to content editor in 2012 and then senior content editor in 2014, before becoming Sports Digital Editor for the Sport Vertical within Future in 2022. Tom currently looks after all the digital products that Golf Monthly produce including Strategy and Content Planning for the website and social media - Tom also assists the Cycling, Football, Rugby and Marine titles at Future. Tom plays off 16 and lists Augusta National (name drop), Old Head and Le Touessrok as the favourite courses he has played. Tom is an avid viewer of all golf content with a particularly in depth knowledge of the pro tour.