Lindrick Golf Club is a

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course in

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and is also a site of special scientific interest (SSSI). The SSSI covers and was designated for its biological interest. The site was notified in 1987. Lindrick Golf Course - 4382423 835ff760

The course is situated on the A57 running between

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and

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, and is approximately west of

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. The course is affiliated to the Yorkshire Golf Union and, contrary to local folklore, the entire course and clubhouse is situated in Yorkshire. Founded in 1891, the course was originally nine holes, but was extended to 18 holes in 1894. Prior to the enhancements programme started in 2015, the last major changes to the course layout occurred in 1932, to avoid two holes being played over the A57. The course design has been influenced by a variety of renown architects from 'old' Tom Morris, Willie Park (jnr), Alistair McKenzie, Fowler & Simpson, Donald Steel, Cameron Sinclair to current award winning designer Ken Moodie. Currently Holes 1–11 and Hole 18 are situated on the south side of the A57, with Holes 12–17 being on the north side. The course now has two tunnels providing safe crossing of the A57. The closing 18th hole features as one of the 500 Greatest Holes in the World and is also listed as one of Peter Alliss' favourite 18 holes of all time. The course plays host to a number of leading amateur tournaments, and is a venue for Regional Qualifying for

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, and is regularly featured in the various top 100 course ratings in the golfing media. Lindrick is also one of the courses (with Ganton and Moortown) who play host to the annual Yorkshire Challenge which is now one of the biggest tournaments for club golfers in the country. Lindrick also holds the annual Danny Willett Salver for the Lindrick Open Amateur Championship. The

1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held 4–5 October 1957 at Lindrick Golf Club near Worksop, England. The Great Britain team, led by captain Dai Rees, beat the United States team by a score of 7 to 4 points, and won the Ryder Cup for the first ti ...

was played at Lindrick, resulting in the only post-war victory for Great Britain & Ireland, captained by

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and in 2016 featured on Sky TV as being the only club to ever have 3 current playing members to represent Europe in that year's Ryder Cup team. The

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was played on the course in 1960, and the

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has been held at the course on two occasions – in 1977 and 1988, and most recently the English Women's Amateur Championship in 2017. The English Men's Amateur Championship will be held at Lindrick in late July 2022. Marian Rae, the former President of England Golf, is a member. Full PGA tour players

Danny Willett Daniel John Willett (born 3 October 1987) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. In April 2016, he won his first major championship at the 2016 Masters Tournament, becoming only the second Englishman to achieve the f ...

Matt Fitzpatrick Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick (born 1 September 1994) is an English professional golfer. After winning the 2013 U.S. Amateur, he later won his first professional tournament at the 2015 British Masters. In 2022 he won his first major championship ...

, Lee Westwood, Mark Foster and

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are subscribing members as well as a host of Yorkshire and England junior players. In recent years the club have invested heavily in creating custom designed practice areas, new changing facilities as well as a full facelift to the Ryder Cup casual bar area which displays memorabilia of the Ryder Cup and Lindrick's continued association with that tournament since 1957. In 2015 they started a programme to enhance the course with new championship tees, added fairway bunkering and the rejuvenation of all other bunkers on the course with a completion date for the new course of 2020. Expenditure, from members' funds, on all the above projects is thought to be in excess of £2 million.

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