Whitehaven Golf Club

Originally farmland, the area became an open-cast site worked by the Coal Board. When mining operations ceased the Coal Board developed the course for Copeland Council, completing work in 1992. The first incarnation of today's club was born.

Unfortunately the course was never managed and it turned into a wilderness of waist-high grass and weeds.

After Copeland Council failed to exploit the golden opportunity they were handed by British Coal in a landscaped course, Craig Hamilton successfully took the plunge by throwing in his comfortable life as professional at Keswick to take over a course no one wanted and accepted the 125-year lease from Copeland Borough Council on the Harras Moor course.

The course has now been acquired by Western Lakes Ltd who are currently carrying out a massive £10m redevelopment including a new clubhouse and academy course.

This is just the beginning, the future starts here.....