Editing Lytham St Annes (section)

===Golf===
The [[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club]] was founded in March 1886 and moved to its present site in 1926. Many world tournaments have been, and are, played there, including the [[Ryder Cup]], [[the Open Championship]] and the [[Dunlop Masters]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Lytham Century: a History of Royal Lytham and St. Anne's Golf Club 1886–1986|last=Nickson|first= E. A.|publisher= Royal Lytham|year= 1986}}</ref>

Lytham Green Drive Golf Club was founded in 1913 and has hosted qualifying matches for [[The Open Championship|Open Championship]]. The clubhouse is on Ballam Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitlancashire.com/things-to-do/lytham-green-drive-golf-club-p8152|title=Lytham Green Drive Golf Club|publisher=Visit Lancashire|access-date=8 February 2022|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208104943/https://www.visitlancashire.com/things-to-do/lytham-green-drive-golf-club-p8152|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are two other golf clubs in the area, which have all hosted qualifying for The Open Championship. They are Fairhaven Golf Club and perhaps the most well known, St Annes Old Links Golf Club, which has also hosted many other top events in the golfing calendar. The Old Links course runs northwards from Highbury Road on the landward side of the railway line.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stannesoldlinks.com/ |title=Home :: St Annes Old Links Golf Club |website=Stannesoldlinks.com |date=20 July 2016 |access-date=27 July 2016 |archive-date=1 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801144751/http://www.stannesoldlinks.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>