History of Ormskirk Golf Club
The first record of the Club was of a meeting held on 14th April, 1899. The formal opening of the golf course, however, took place on 2nd December, 1899, when the Earl of Lathom drove the first ball and was presented with a driver.
The original layout consisted of nine holes and in 1901 it was decided to extend the course to 18 holes. The formal opening of the new 18 hole course took place on 30th May 1903.
The whole area of the Club's land is approximately 125 acres. The Club House is 125 feet above sea level and faces S.S.E. The first green is 150 feet above sea level. The existing Club House was officially opened on 21st February 1914 but has undergone a number of modifications since then.
A crescent shaped hollow near the brook on the left of the 16th hole is reputed to have been an emplacement for a battery of Cromwell's forces which attacked Lathom House in 1644.
A large stone which is now in the shrubbery adjoining the 1st tee previously lay in the ground on the 10th fairway some 160 yards from the tee; part of this stone (which is of glacial significance) was taken to the Imperial Institute at South Kensington.
