Manchester Golf Club
President:
Head pro:
Manager:
Holes:
18 holes
Par:
72
Distance (men/women): 6235y
Courcerating (men/women):
Slope (men/women):
Green Fee: £30 - £40
Cart Fee: yes
Architect: HS Colt
Is there a hotel: No
Is there a restaurant: yes
Extra info
Manchester Golf Club at Hopwood Park is an 18 hole Championship course, which is a mixture of parkland and moorland set in some 240 acres. It totals 6,519 yards with SSS 72. It presents a real challenge to the low handicap golfer, yet the yellow course, 6,274 yards SSS 70 also offers a choice to suit all handicaps.
The course of the Manchester Golf Club at Hopwood is laid out on a ridge of wild and rugged moorland half-way between Manchester and Rochdale. It is the sort of country one expects to find among the hills of Lakeland rather than seven miles from the Cotton capital. The rolling plateau, broken up by woods of sycamore and birch, and divided into two by a wide irregular ravine with a brook winding through the bottom of it, makes ideal golfing ground. Innumerable minor gullies and other under-features contribute to the adventurous quality of the holes. The wild hitter will often find himself in real 'tiger country' of bushes and bracken. And the course as a whole, with a tota