Belvoir Park Golf Club
History and attributes
The course was founded in 1927, designed by Harry Colt. 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 and Fred Daly have rated the course one of the best inland courses in the British Isles.
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 6,270 yards (5,730 m)
- A par of 71 from the forward yellow tees covering 6,685 yards (6,113 m)
- A par of 70 from the championship blue tees covering 6,800 yards (6,200 m)
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.
References
- ^ @BelvoirParkGolf (15 May 2021). "Great scoring today in Captains Charity Day nett 61 by 18 year old Charlie Cooley which equals course record.Congr…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @BelvoirParkGolf (15 May 2021). "Charlie Cooley great score today gross 62.⛳️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Belvoir Park Golf Club". irishgolfcourses.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
- ^ "Belvoir Park Golf Club". Celtic Links. Retrieved 24 June 2008.