The Belvoir Park Golf Club is in

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

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. The course has eighteen holes with a par of 71.

History and attributes

The course was founded in 1927, designed by

Harry Colt Henry Shapland "Harry" Colt (4 August 1869 – 21 November 1951) was a golf course architect born in Highgate, England. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, John Morrison, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison ...

. Each round being just under 6,600 yards, Belvoir Park has played host to championships including the Irish Open in the late 1940s and the early 1950s and the Irish PGA Championship in 1995 the Irish Amateur close in 2009 and also the British Ladies amateur championship in 2011. The winner on that occasion, Harry Bradshaw took the view afterwards that it was "the best inland course I have ever played". Famous golfers such as

Peter Alliss Peter Alliss (28 February 1931 – 5 December 2020) was an English professional golfer, television presenter, commentator, author and golf course designer. Following the death of Henry Longhurst in 1978, he was regarded by many as the "Voice of g ...

and

Fred Daly Fred Daly may refer to: * Fred Daly (American football), American football player at Yale, head football coach at Williams College (1913–1914) * Fred Daly (politician) (1912–1995), member of the Australian House of Representatives (194 ...

have rated the course one of the best inland courses in the

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. The Belvoir Park Golf Club is accessed from Church Road (off Ormeau Road), Belfast. The course has eighteen holes with three sets of tees: *A par of 71 from the white competition tees covering *A par of 71 from the forward yellow tees covering *A par of 70 from the championship blue tees covering The course is immediately south of Belfast city centre and can be accessed in about 15 minutes from the city airport, city centre hotels and cruise liner port. To east and west are attractions: Belvoir Park Forest and Forestside Shopping centre; to the south is a motorway and to the north is an estate of large houses.

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Belvoir Park Golf Club
Golf clubs and courses in Northern Ireland Sports clubs in Belfast Golf clubs and courses designed by Harry Colt Irish Open (golf) venues Sports venues completed in 1927 1927 establishments in Northern Ireland