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Hillside Golf Club is situated in Southport, the home of "Englands Golf Coast" which boasts England's finest stretch of coastal links. Hillside has hosted many amateur and professional tournaments in it's illustrious history and was recently selected by the DP World Tour to stage the 2022 Cazoo Classic following the hugely successful 2019 British Masters. The R&A have been a regular visitor to the Links with The Amateur and Ladies Amateur Championships being staged here as well as Final Qualifying for The Open on numerous occasions.
If you love a beautiful golf course then Hillside delivers in spades with a wonderful mixture of dunes, pines, and quirky, manicured bursts of long grass. As a golfing challenge it fell short for me. It’s one of those courses where instead of making a long par 4 work well for women, they just make it a short par 5, which is often fine but didn't work too well here in my opinion. The par 3s are too long for most women and the approach shots into the greens are all long, sometimes with no playable pathway for those playing the lower shot. The quality of the presentation, the beauty, the sense on the back nine that you are the only people on the course – these are all great reasons to visit and play, and that’s why I have given it four stars. And perhaps you will love it.
| Are the tees rated for women? | yes |
| Are there on-course toilet facilities? | yes |
| Does the pro-shop stock women's gear? | yes |
| Was the green fee value for money? | unsure |
| How would you rate the women's changing rooms? | |
